I worked for an egg farm when I was young, (my first job). You picked the eggs, put them, point down in the egg flat and then oiled the end that was up. We used a sponge, the size of one egg flat, attached to a piece of plywood with a handle. We dipped the sponge in the oil, it was clear oil, either mineral or veggie, I don't remember. I do not recall the oil having any odor. The farm owner used to fuss at use for using too much oil.
I can still remember hating having to go into my grandmas root cellar in the winter and getting all oily getting the eggs for breakfast. Funny how that can make me smile now.
What you are doing is interesting. Keep it coming. I have comprehensive problems but when I listen and watch your videos I really learn a great deal. From the bottom of my heart I thank you.
I'm using Pickling Lime. These were washed, store-bought, white eggs. We're eating eggs stored, unrefigerated, in early March. Its a week from December.Almost 9 months. They are a bit watery, but fine. Two bad eggs in 11 dozen. I'd call Pickling Lime an overwhelming success. There's about 4 dozen left. We'll see how long they make it ...
I live in Southeasr Alaska and I have had good results using crisco solid shortening. I heated it to just melted and held each egg for 2-3 seconds letting a few bubbles to escape from the egg. These were stored in a cooler stored in the shade. These were week and a half old store bought eggs. I lost very few over a 6 month period. I placed them back in their cartons after sealing for storage.
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we did the sodium silicate method when I was a kid. My grandmother used that method on the farm most of her life. It seals the pores of the shell so no air can get in
Forgot to mention you can freeze them whole (for baking) and dehydrating them (fresh ones only) and it is awesome. Very informative and helpful vids....keep em coming :)
I did not realize it was the lighting .. for the chickens to lay eggs, Dad never told us that I just knew there was hardly none in the winter months.. when I was taking care of them growing up.. Interesting! Diane
This is an informative vid thx for posting also, you have some good people watching your vids I am subbed to quite a few of your viewers. just subbed )
You're right on regarding the lighting. You go to commercial (layer) chicken farms, they always run lighting till 10:00 at night, or there abouts. It does increase production! Loved your info in regards to storing them! Really a good video, and thanks for sharin your research with us all! We've built a chicken coop, but still haven't built their run. We'll be doing this soon (I hope), but been too busy to finish it up...for all you married guys, it's called... "honey-do's!" LOL!
when i was working at a battery hen joint a couple years ago, they told me about powdered eggs. i figured they were essentially dehydrated, but not sure. i can answer the one about off gridders using solar lights though. essentially if there is less light, but it is still occasionally bright, higher wattage panels and larger batteries help during winter. there is a point called the shutoff point or something, and once the light drops to that level, they suddenly shut off.
I heard the same thing that hens will stop laying eggs in the winter. Something most be wrong with my hens. I've got five hens and every day I get five eggs from them? It's winter here in Vermont -4 degrees and I don't have any lights in the coop but I do heat the coop! So heat must also help???
Thanks for this, I learned something new. What are your thoughts on mineral oil coated eggs? I have read and heard that you can rub mineral oil or even veggie oil to coat the egg. You then place the egg pointed side down back into a carton and place in as cool a place as possible away from light? Thanks for the response. I heard you mention this at the end of the video. Thanks and happy prepping.
My grandma told me how she used to store dozens of eggs in Water Glass for months at a time. She kept them in her root cellar throughout the fall and winter. She didn't keep chickens when she moved into town, but she still stored her eggs in Water Glass. I have never heard any family stories about illnesses caused from this practice. I'd love to hear how the vacuum sealing turned out.Thanks for sharing!
Sherrcon Feed les amounts a time, clean the coup regulairly and keep the food in a sealed container. You'd have a lot less of the critters keep it clean is the key. Also a farmcat may help yes.
I preserve my eggs covering them with shea-butter. i didn't like the idea of mineral oil seeping inside my eggs. I try to consume preserved eggs within 3 months which is not good for preps. I do this because before that i tried to preserve them covering with coconut oil and some of my eggs went rotten after 3 month. so with the sheabutter i think it should last longer then with coconut oil as it covers eggs better but i just don't take my chances. maybe something for you to experiment with?
also use 12 volt LED lights ( make sure they are superbright LED's, don't get standard old style ones ). i have these in my house for winter. LED lights are SUPER efficient and literally take 20+ years before they blow. an easy way is to use two six volt lantern batteries ( big torch batteries ) to make 12 volts, hooked on some sort of timer.
I can remeber how my mom did it. Dad loved pickled eggs. Boil the eggs then pickle them in a jar. This is a non-electric method. An electric method is to freeze them; producers freeze eggs to transport to stores. I've also read that the French separate the whites and the yolks and then place whites an yolks into an ice cube tray to freeze them. The cookbook I got this from said it's easy to toss in a recipe when needed. :)
great vid stillworking! Great research with all of this and interesting to hear the old fashioned treatments...good for you. Intelligence is a beautiful thing!
well im in central maine and im getting between 7 and 9 eggs a day i leave a light on in my coop it helps to keep it about 20 deg above outside temp at night ive got the north and western walls insulated and yjat takes care so they dont get a cold draft thats what i do and i get eggs everyday
Hens can use food to make eggs or to stay warm. Heating the hen house in cooler climates is a must. Using lighting to keep day length to a certain length can also help.
you paint them with "water glass paste." (silicate of alumina) that seals the porosity of the shell,store in a cool place and they will keep till you crack them. kept eggs preserved this way till this day in Australian bush.
if using the immersion method in lime water or glass water...do you store them in the solution, or do you just dip them and then store in upright position? thanks
the old books I have say to coat the eggs with parafin only after disinfecting the fresh egg but leave the fresh laid membrane intact. There is also a lengthy discussion about how to test egg freshness by floating them in a glass of fresh water. They covered lime water. The lime changes the chemistry of the egg shell and turns it into a concrete like subsctance. also and said that fresh frozen eggs keep indefinitely until thawed and then the eggs go bad twice as fast.
You are one of the best researchers when it comes to sharing this type of information. Thanks for all your work and making a video on this topic. Jesus bless.
We have a rooster this year. If we left eggs unrefrigerated it would be rather obvious. IF you are working with fertilized eggs, do any of the above methods work?
I have also heard of dipping the eggs in wax a few times to keep the air from entering the eggs and putting them in a barrel or something that you could cushion the eggs in hay keeping them separate and with a lid to keep them from being jarred around if moving place to place in the old days
Grandma also had a wood ash box in the corner of the coop. The hens loved it and she never had mites, and no one got sick with som. She boiled the used shells and gave them back to the chickens in corn meal mush for calsim.
not exactly on topic, but i don't know if you have ever heard of the chinese "hundred year old eggs". they are in shops that sell chinese groceries, and they have a dot on them which i think shows were the air sac is or something. they put them in the ground for 2 years, just bury them a few inches down, with the air sac up I think ( hence the dots). they cost a few dollars EACH, but when opened the "white" is green and it stinks of ammonia. i bought one but couldn't eat it.
This video made me think of the fun I would have yrs ago when helping my friends family "candle" eggs for impurities etc. I know many folks here have their own laying hens but I never hear of any form of "candling". It is passe?
To keep eggs all you have to do is to keep them in motion. Just turn the carton every few days to keep the yolk from sink and contacting the shell. Eggs stored on a boat last for months but I used to just turn every few days.
oh my goodness.... you sure do some in depth research. floor sealer.......who knew? not me. thanks for the vid. can't wait to hear how your test results turn out.
Water glass is sodium silicate which the NIH says is not toxic and is used in lots of personal care products such as toothpaste. If you are right and it is used as an insecticide it may act like diatomaceous earth, which is not toxic to the insects, but dehydrates their exoskeletons. Maybe you are thinking of another compound? I would love to know more though, so if you have a link to the info that says it is toxic, please share. Thanks!!!
I've been told ( a few times now ) that the term is correctly used as you imply...regarding fertilization etc. But I can tell you the people I worked for used their candling processor to check for impurities like "blood eggs" etc. I know this because they gave me a chart of what to look for...and besides I was a kid and way to dumb to know anything about the fertilization process. I guess they just used the 'machine' in a different way. But thanks for letting me know the term is still used :)
According to the experts canned pickled eggs are not safe. I dont believ this but thats what they say. i have pickled eggs and kept them on the shelf for up to 3 or 4 mos no problems. But here again the so called experts say that canned pickled eggs have to refrigerated due to botulism poisoning.
When you did nothing to the second batch of eggs to have something to compare to, this is called a control in the scientific process, and should be done on every experiment.
imstillworking, I applaud you and your research. You have done the best video I have seen in over the last 3 yrs. You have thoroughly research the topic, provide details, insight, and your own personal view points on your trail and error. The only point I would want to make clear for all to read is that clearglass, white oil aka baby oil, and quick lime must cover the egg shell. Like you said the shell is porous. But to really make the eggs last for a long time is temperature. You coat the eggs then keep them in a dark cool place until needed, egg point down. The cooler the egg the better as long as it isn't below freezing. Do not stack eggs on top of eggs, but in layers as if in the egg carton. Be sure to rotate your eggs and check them just in case any go bad.
+Jumpoff A First off, it is waterglass (NOT "clearglass"). Baby oil has several other ingredients, which makes it unfit for human consumption. Therefore only food grade mineral oil should be used. Yes, some oil soaks into the egg, which is part of why I quit using it. That, plus it is more expensive than other methods and it is so thin you have to submerge the eggs. With other oils I only coated them. The whole point is to provide a barrier to air with its oxygen, bacteria, fungi, etc.
NEVER use QUICK lime with food!! Mixing QUICK lime aka Calcium Oxide (CaO) with water is one way we make CAUSTIC POISONOUS lye for soap. For food, use slaked, hydrated or pickling lime - Calcium Hydroxide Ca(OH)2. Around here slaked lime is hard to find, hydrated lime is common and cheap, pickling lime is common and very expensive. You should have used "or" in place of "and" when you listed waterglass, food grade mineral oil OR hydrated lime. Cool and dry doesn't hurt but isn't necessary unless you intend to store for more than six months. I once kept five dozen store bought (washed and refrigerated) eggs in canola oil in the van I was living in that summer. Highs in the low 90sF. Ate the last of those eggs 6-1/2 months later. Point down and stacking don't matter at all in my experience, though some say it helps by keeping the yolk away from the shell. FWIW, I've been storing eggs at room temperature for many years.
We buy eggs 2 times a year. We use Mineral oil (NOTE: The oil on your skin can make this method ify.) So we use new rubber gloves each time we use this method. We will still test every one out side of the first month, in water if it floats we do not eat so far in the past 3 years of this method we have had to ditch 2 maybe 3 eggs and they last for 5 - 6 months Oiled and kept in frig. I hope this helps. Be safe an be well
+Phoenix502 Floaters are not necessarily bad. Floating only means some air got in. That does not mean the eggs have gone bad. Crack them open individually to see (and smell!!) if they actually have gone bad. Most floaters are still good to eat.
I have been storing eggs coated with canola oil or food grade mineral oil at room temperature for up to six months for many years. Keeping them in the fridge as you do would be even safer. This is the first I have heard about our skin oils affecting the eggs. Do you have any sources I can look up? Thanks!
+duxdawg When we first did this the oily skin i have left spots open that would not be covered by the oil. This is why i say this can make them ify lol. Once i noticed that my finger prints was still there an not covered by the oil made us change our method the floaters was the ones with my big finger prints on them lol and now we don't have that prob anymore. We have now run some out to 8 all most 9 months just as a test only had 3 that was floaters. So far we are healthy and have had no crazy side effects. I hope this helps, Be safe an be well.
Well unlike Mr Trailtrader, I found this video great. You do not drone on and you have a pleasant voice. I WAS surprised that I could spend so much time looking at an egg, but the information you gave made it NOT unpleasant. Not everyone feels comfortable putting their face on camera for many reasons. Perhaps he would have been happy had you waved your hands around? Keep up the good work, I love your videos!
When I was a kid I spent my summers with my aunt and uncle who had a dairy farm anyway my aunt who raised chickens said 60 days on egg storage was best she sold them in the town so the eggs I had were very nice after 60 days you should look into canning them and pickling them, refrigeration is good for that 60 days but in a SHTF situation might not be practical or possible to refrigerate.
Grandma put a kerocene lamp in the coop with just enough oil in it to run about 4-5 hours. HOWEVER it is very important that the lamp be in a cage or a safe place so the chickens cannot get to it or try to roost on it. Her coop never caught on fire, but Grandma was very wise when it came to chickens and fire.
Wondering how the vac. sealed eggs sitting in rice to keep them upright worked ? That would be great if it works ! Thanks for your video's . Bless you , LInda
I have kept "fresh " eggs on my counter for over 20 days without refrigeration by just elevating the oppose t carton ends daily an inch or so , usually on a canning ring . Just moving the egg as a hen might in her nest seems to do the trick for me, I have never had a :BAD : egg that I can remember . They were all fertile for sure as we have roosters so I do not know if that was a factor . Anyway works for me , I do refrigerate also .But I also sell eggs and have to many to refrigerate . My customers know I do not refrigerate and nobody cares .
I learned this years ago from Mother Earth News and always wanted to try it, but never did. Sure glad your trying it, I'm very interested in what the results are. I will also be purchasing some eggs in a can but just for backup in case my chickens get stingy.
Dept of Ag did numerous tests and the outcome was to dry wipe only and store at room temp. They will store a long time like this. The other methods failed at various times but no where near as long as wiped eggs.
I have had chickens for years......we put a light bulb in the coop for 12/13 hrs a day to keep up production....some breeds lay better in winter than others
Oh that may be, in some instances. This family had an egg delivery business, and we would sit at a lighted work bench and inspect each one. The process would show blood spots in the eggs and any other irregularities. (One reason I dont often crack my eggs in a separate bowl when I'm cooking/baking, we'd see a "bad egg" like that one in 10 thousand eggs). Apparently the processed used to be done with actual candles. Thats about all I know, lol! Take care. Tess
+sherrcon You can dig out a hole in the pen and line it with small mesh steel wire to keep them from tunneling in. Also apply wire to any holes in the coop or along the whole inner side. . The food you store off the ground in solid closed plastic containers.
That is the same thing we used to do with our eggs out in the countryside before the EPA came in a stopped all of our bartering:) My family traded eggs for milk, cheese, and vegetables we did not grow ourselves. Oh, the good ole days:)
Hello - Mother Earth News did a year long test on this issue of storing eggs years ago. Refrigeration is the top method for both fertilized and unfertilized eggs. Using lard to rub the egg shells was a poor second. The other methods were worse than leaving the eggs at room temperature after a few months. USE THE FRIDGE. It's not that hard to find this type of information. It isn't just salmonella that's a problem in egg storage.
I'm sure youre right. I was only a kid when I helped my friends. They used to have huge piles of crated eggs in the basement & a sort of boxy desk w/ lights that shone up out of it. Then one by one we'd hold an egg over the lights til we could see inside. They asked us to put any aside that showed dark spots. Seemed like we did quite a few before we ever came upon one w/dark spots. So maybe it is a very passe way of looking for blood eggs cuz I knew nothing of fertilized eggs. Still don't, lol!
well the book she is reading from said not to use them if they have poo on them, i guess the best thing to do is to wipe it as easily as possible, i done some research on storing eggs and it said that if you could do it without washing bloom off then that was best, but if you had to wash off bloom in order to get poo off then it was ok too. Everywhere you look it says something different, try a couple different ways and see which turn out the best.(thats what im going to do anyway)
As a total information junkie, I truly appreciate all your hard work to gather information and the well done presentation. Many thanks !!
I worked for an egg farm when I was young, (my first job). You picked the eggs, put them, point down in the egg flat and then oiled the end that was up.
We used a sponge, the size of one egg flat, attached to a piece of plywood with a handle. We dipped the sponge in the oil, it was clear oil, either mineral or veggie, I don't remember. I do not recall the oil having any odor. The farm owner used to fuss at use for using too much oil.
I can still remember hating having to go into my grandmas root cellar in the winter and getting all oily getting the eggs for breakfast. Funny how that can make me smile now.
Great job!!! Refreshing to see a good video about actual preps!!!
What you are doing is interesting. Keep it coming. I have comprehensive problems but when I listen and watch your videos I really learn a great deal. From the bottom of my heart I thank you.
I'm using Pickling Lime. These were washed, store-bought, white eggs.
We're eating eggs stored, unrefigerated, in early March. Its a week from December.Almost 9 months. They are a bit watery, but fine. Two bad eggs in 11 dozen. I'd call Pickling Lime an overwhelming success. There's about 4 dozen left. We'll see how long they make it ...
I live in Southeasr Alaska and I have had good results using crisco solid shortening. I heated it to just melted and held each egg for 2-3 seconds letting a few bubbles to escape from the egg. These were stored in a cooler stored in the shade. These were week and a half old store bought eggs. I lost very few over a 6 month period. I placed them back in their cartons after sealing for storage.
Wish I would have listened to my Grandma more when she was here... old timers really knew their stuff
Both of mine died by time I was eleven and I didn't live near them. I would have loved to talk with them.
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Nic video. Very clear and methodical.
Thanks for taking the time to research this, it was very interesting to learn!!! Please keep the history lessons coming! :)
we did the sodium silicate method when I was a kid. My grandmother used that method on the farm most of her life. It seals the pores of the shell so no air can get in
Forgot to mention you can freeze them whole (for baking) and dehydrating them (fresh ones only) and it is awesome. Very informative and helpful vids....keep em coming :)
Guess I should have waited to comment on your egg storage videos. :-) You are very thorough. Keep up the good work.
Great information and research! I really like this series. Thanks! :)
Can't wait to see how this turns out! Great video!
Love this. I hope you do a whole series of "in the old days" videos!
I did not realize it was the lighting .. for the chickens to lay eggs, Dad never told us that I just knew there was hardly none in the winter months.. when I was taking care of them growing up.. Interesting!
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This is an informative vid thx for posting also, you have some good people watching your vids I am subbed to quite a few of your viewers. just subbed )
You're right on regarding the lighting. You go to commercial (layer) chicken farms, they always run lighting till 10:00 at night, or there abouts. It does increase production!
Loved your info in regards to storing them! Really a good video, and thanks for sharin your research with us all!
We've built a chicken coop, but still haven't built their run. We'll be doing this soon (I hope), but been too busy to finish it up...for all you married guys, it's called... "honey-do's!" LOL!
As a genealogy hobbyist, I am really interested in my pioneer ancestor's preserving/food history. Thanks so much.
when i was working at a battery hen joint a couple years ago, they told me about powdered eggs. i figured they were essentially dehydrated, but not sure. i can answer the one about off gridders using solar lights though. essentially if there is less light, but it is still occasionally bright, higher wattage panels and larger batteries help during winter. there is a point called the shutoff point or something, and once the light drops to that level, they suddenly shut off.
This is awesome! Can't wait to see your results.
I heard the same thing that hens will stop laying eggs in the winter. Something most be wrong with my hens. I've got five hens and every day I get five eggs from them? It's winter here in Vermont -4 degrees and I don't have any lights in the coop but I do heat the coop! So heat must also help???
Thanks for this, I learned something new. What are your thoughts on mineral oil coated eggs? I have read and heard that you can rub mineral oil or even veggie oil to coat the egg. You then place the egg pointed side down back into a carton and place in as cool a place as possible away from light? Thanks for the response. I heard you mention this at the end of the video. Thanks and happy prepping.
I've heard that using wax and wood ash will keep eggs.
My grandma told me how she used to store dozens of eggs in Water Glass for months at a time. She kept them in her root cellar throughout the fall and winter. She didn't keep chickens when she moved into town, but she still stored her eggs in Water Glass. I have never heard any family stories about illnesses caused from this practice. I'd love to hear how the vacuum sealing turned out.Thanks for sharing!
my chickens lay year round in the cold , and the dark, they just dont quit
+richard rhodes what kind of chickens do you have that lay like that? and in what state?
im in WNC and i have wellsumers and leghorns
+richard rhodes how do you deal with the rats since they are attracted to the chicken feed?...thx
cats and snakes! so never been a problem
Sherrcon Feed les amounts a time, clean the coup regulairly and keep the food in a sealed container. You'd have a lot less of the critters keep it clean is the key. Also a farmcat may help yes.
Candling is for eggs you want to hatch or to detect if it's been fertilized. If you see red lines, veins, through the light.
Thanks for the info, looking forward to the results
I preserve my eggs covering them with shea-butter. i didn't like the idea of mineral oil seeping inside my eggs. I try to consume preserved eggs within 3 months which is not good for preps. I do this because before that i tried to preserve them covering with coconut oil and some of my eggs went rotten after 3 month. so with the sheabutter i think it should last longer then with coconut oil as it covers eggs better but i just don't take my chances. maybe something for you to experiment with?
also use 12 volt LED lights ( make sure they are superbright LED's, don't get standard old style ones ). i have these in my house for winter. LED lights are SUPER efficient and literally take 20+ years before they blow. an easy way is to use two six volt lantern batteries ( big torch batteries ) to make 12 volts, hooked on some sort of timer.
I can remeber how my mom did it. Dad loved pickled eggs. Boil the eggs then pickle them in a jar. This is a non-electric method. An electric method is to freeze them; producers freeze eggs to transport to stores. I've also read that the French separate the whites and the yolks and then place whites an yolks into an ice cube tray to freeze them. The cookbook I got this from said it's easy to toss in a recipe when needed. :)
im wondering if you could dip an egg in wax putting a thin layer on the egg?
great vid stillworking! Great research with all of this and interesting to hear the old fashioned treatments...good for you. Intelligence is a beautiful thing!
Can you tell me where I can purchase a vaccum lid? I have searched our wal-marts and other store to no avail. Thanks
well im in central maine and im getting between 7 and 9 eggs a day i leave a light on in my coop it helps to keep it about 20 deg above outside temp at night ive got the north and western walls insulated and yjat takes care so they dont get a cold draft thats what i do and i get eggs everyday
I wonder if you pasteurize the eggs, if they would store longer.
Hens can use food to make eggs or to stay warm. Heating the hen house in cooler climates is a must. Using lighting to keep day length to a certain length can also help.
3:30 in and I still haven't heard a method.
4:30 still no method...
where did you get the brakeline bleeder and the jar attachment?
you paint them with "water glass paste." (silicate of alumina) that seals the porosity of the shell,store in a cool place and they will keep till you crack them. kept eggs preserved this way till this day in Australian bush.
Did u ever do part 2 show how eggs came out?
Hi,
I'm new to prepping. What was the white gizmo you used on the jar?
Thanks for the videos.
Great vid! maybe I missed it, but what is the name of the book you are reading?
Good research. Thank you.
Thanks so much for the information. Very much appreciated.
Thanks for doing this video...it's very interesting.
if using the immersion method in lime water or glass water...do you store them in the solution, or do you just dip them and then store in upright position? thanks
the old books I have say to coat the eggs with parafin only after disinfecting the fresh egg but leave the fresh laid membrane intact. There is also a lengthy discussion about how to test egg freshness by floating them in a glass of fresh water. They covered lime water. The lime changes the chemistry of the egg shell and turns it into a concrete like subsctance. also and said that fresh frozen eggs keep indefinitely until thawed and then the eggs go bad twice as fast.
You are one of the best researchers when it comes to sharing this type of information. Thanks for all your work and making a video on this topic. Jesus bless.
Thanks, Ill be sure to check it out!!
We have a rooster this year. If we left eggs unrefrigerated it would be rather obvious. IF you are working with fertilized eggs, do any of the above methods work?
I have also heard of dipping the eggs in wax a few times to keep the air from entering the eggs and putting them in a barrel or something that you could cushion the eggs in hay keeping them separate and with a lid to keep them from being jarred around if moving place to place in the old days
Grandma also had a wood ash box in the corner of the coop. The hens loved it and she never had mites, and no one got sick with som. She boiled the used shells and gave them back to the chickens in corn meal mush for calsim.
I'm not sure how I stumbled on this video but I have a question about it. Why would you want to preserve an egg?
I wonder if you could dip them in wax???Or maybe in vacuumed sealed bags???Just wondering..
not exactly on topic, but i don't know if you have ever heard of the chinese "hundred year old eggs". they are in shops that sell chinese groceries, and they have a dot on them which i think shows were the air sac is or something. they put them in the ground for 2 years, just bury them a few inches down, with the air sac up I think ( hence the dots). they cost a few dollars EACH, but when opened the "white" is green and it stinks of ammonia. i bought one but couldn't eat it.
This video made me think of the fun I would have yrs ago when helping my friends family "candle" eggs for impurities etc. I know many folks here have their own laying hens but I never hear of any form of "candling". It is passe?
@DualFieldBandit What do you feed? It could be the difference thanks in advance.
Nice job 👍🏻
To keep eggs all you have to do is to keep them in motion. Just turn the carton every few days to keep the yolk from sink and contacting the shell. Eggs stored on a boat last for months but I used to just turn every few days.
oh my goodness.... you sure do some in depth research. floor sealer.......who knew? not me. thanks for the vid. can't wait to hear how your test results turn out.
Water glass is sodium silicate which the NIH says is not toxic and is used in lots of personal care products such as toothpaste. If you are right and it is used as an insecticide it may act like diatomaceous earth, which is not toxic to the insects, but dehydrates their exoskeletons. Maybe you are thinking of another compound? I would love to know more though, so if you have a link to the info that says it is toxic, please share. Thanks!!!
what kind of wax was use, beeswax?
how did the egg experiment turn out i cant find the link or update
thank you i watched this one but not the results after storage for the months you were going to store them thank you
I've been told ( a few times now ) that the term is correctly used as you imply...regarding fertilization etc. But I can tell you the people I worked for used their candling processor to check for impurities like "blood eggs" etc. I know this because they gave me a chart of what to look for...and besides I was a kid and way to dumb to know anything about the fertilization process. I guess they just used the 'machine' in a different way. But thanks for letting me know the term is still used :)
how did your tests go?
If your worried about egg storage then pickle them. Delicious and nutritious.
According to the experts canned pickled eggs are not safe. I dont believ this but thats what they say. i have pickled eggs and kept them on the shelf for up to 3 or 4 mos no problems. But here again the so called experts say that canned pickled eggs have to refrigerated due to botulism poisoning.
When you did nothing to the second batch of eggs to have something to compare to, this is called a control in the scientific process, and should be done on every experiment.
In the grocery stores in England the eggs are not refrigerated - just there on the shelves.
Our laid through the winter but did not produce as much
Won't vacuuming pull the air out of the eggs and make them explode.?
I've been told that these methods can be used on sailboats for long crossings.
imstillworking, I applaud you and your research. You have done the best video I have seen in over the last 3 yrs. You have thoroughly research the topic, provide details, insight, and your own personal view points on your trail and error. The only point I would want to make clear for all to read is that clearglass, white oil aka baby oil, and quick lime must cover the egg shell. Like you said the shell is porous. But to really make the eggs last for a long time is temperature. You coat the eggs then keep them in a dark cool place until needed, egg point down. The cooler the egg the better as long as it isn't below freezing. Do not stack eggs on top of eggs, but in layers as if in the egg carton. Be sure to rotate your eggs and check them just in case any go bad.
+Jumpoff A First off, it is waterglass (NOT "clearglass"). Baby oil has several other ingredients, which makes it unfit for human consumption. Therefore only food grade mineral oil should be used. Yes, some oil soaks into the egg, which is part of why I quit using it. That, plus it is more expensive than other methods and it is so thin you have to submerge the eggs. With other oils I only coated them. The whole point is to provide a barrier to air with its oxygen, bacteria, fungi, etc.
NEVER use QUICK lime with food!! Mixing QUICK lime aka Calcium Oxide (CaO) with water is one way we make CAUSTIC POISONOUS lye for soap.
For food, use slaked, hydrated or pickling lime - Calcium Hydroxide Ca(OH)2. Around here slaked lime is hard to find, hydrated lime is common and cheap, pickling lime is common and very expensive. You should have used "or" in place of "and" when you listed waterglass, food grade mineral oil OR hydrated lime.
Cool and dry doesn't hurt but isn't necessary unless you intend to store for more than six months. I once kept five dozen store bought (washed and refrigerated) eggs in canola oil in the van I was living in that summer. Highs in the low 90sF. Ate the last of those eggs 6-1/2 months later. Point down and stacking don't matter at all in my experience, though some say it helps by keeping the yolk away from the shell. FWIW, I've been storing eggs at room temperature for many years.
I read that by covering eggs with mineral oil you produce a seal that will enable them to last for 2 years. Check it out. :)
What about dipping in wax?
We buy eggs 2 times a year. We use Mineral oil (NOTE: The oil on your skin can make this method ify.) So we use new rubber gloves each time we use this method. We will still test every one out side of the first month, in water if it floats we do not eat so far in the past 3 years of this method we have had to ditch 2 maybe 3 eggs and they last for 5 - 6 months Oiled and kept in frig. I hope this helps. Be safe an be well
+Phoenix502 Floaters are not necessarily bad. Floating only means some air got in. That does not mean the eggs have gone bad. Crack them open individually to see (and smell!!) if they actually have gone bad. Most floaters are still good to eat.
I have been storing eggs coated with canola oil or food grade mineral oil at room temperature for up to six months for many years. Keeping them in the fridge as you do would be even safer. This is the first I have heard about our skin oils affecting the eggs. Do you have any sources I can look up? Thanks!
+duxdawg When we first did this the oily skin i have left spots open that would not be covered by the oil. This is why i say this can make them ify lol. Once i noticed that my finger prints was still there an not covered by the oil made us change our method the floaters was the ones with my big finger prints on them lol and now we don't have that prob anymore. We have now run some out to 8 all most 9 months just as a test only had 3 that was floaters. So far we are healthy and have had no crazy side effects.
I hope this helps, Be safe an be well.
Well unlike Mr Trailtrader, I found this video great. You do not drone on and you have a pleasant voice. I WAS surprised that I could spend so much time looking at an egg, but the information you gave made it NOT unpleasant. Not everyone feels comfortable putting their face on camera for many reasons. Perhaps he would have been happy had you waved your hands around? Keep up the good work, I love your videos!
When I was a kid I spent my summers with my aunt and uncle who had a dairy farm anyway my aunt who raised chickens said 60 days on egg storage was best she sold them in the town so the eggs I had were very nice after 60 days you should look into canning them and pickling them, refrigeration is good for that 60 days but in a SHTF situation might not be practical or possible to refrigerate.
rode island reds still lay during winter
Grandma put a kerocene lamp in the coop with just enough oil in it to run about 4-5 hours.
HOWEVER it is very important that the lamp be in a cage or a safe place so the chickens cannot get to it or try to roost on it. Her coop never caught on fire, but Grandma was very wise when it came to chickens and fire.
Wondering how the vac. sealed eggs sitting in rice to keep them upright worked ? That would be great if it works ! Thanks for your video's .
Bless you ,
LInda
I have kept "fresh " eggs on my counter for over 20 days without refrigeration by just elevating the oppose t carton ends daily an inch or so , usually on a canning ring . Just moving the egg as a hen might in her nest seems to do the trick for me, I have never had a :BAD : egg that I can remember . They were all fertile for sure as we have roosters so I do not know if that was a factor . Anyway works for me , I do refrigerate also .But I also sell eggs and have to many to refrigerate . My customers know I do not refrigerate and nobody cares .
I learned this years ago from Mother Earth News and always wanted to try it, but never did. Sure glad your trying it, I'm very interested in what the results are. I will also be purchasing some eggs in a can but just for backup in case my chickens get stingy.
We still use that term. It's very common to hear it among people that hatch their own chicks.
Dept of Ag did numerous tests and the outcome was to dry wipe only and store at room temp. They will store a long time like this. The other methods failed at various times but no where near as long as wiped eggs.
I have had chickens for years......we put a light bulb in the coop for 12/13 hrs a day to keep up production....some breeds lay better in winter than others
Oh that may be, in some instances. This family had an egg delivery business, and we would sit at a lighted work bench and inspect each one. The process would show blood spots in the eggs and any other irregularities. (One reason I dont often crack my eggs in a separate bowl when I'm cooking/baking, we'd see a "bad egg" like that one in 10 thousand eggs). Apparently the processed used to be done with actual candles. Thats about all I know, lol! Take care. Tess
how do you deal with the rats since they are attracted to the chicken feed?...thx
+sherrcon You can dig out a hole in the pen and line it with small mesh steel wire to keep them from tunneling in. Also apply wire to any holes in the coop or along the whole inner side. . The food you store off the ground in solid closed plastic containers.
Paula Worstenbroodje
thanks...i thought of that but the whole coop has to be enclosed...
sherrcon yes, its quite the overhaul. But if you close it off right no rats nor foxes will touch your chickens anymore
thanks man...i'll check it out...amazing...
That is the same thing we used to do with our eggs out in the countryside before the EPA came in a stopped all of our bartering:) My family traded eggs for milk, cheese, and vegetables we did not grow ourselves. Oh, the good ole days:)
Hello - Mother Earth News did a year long test on this issue of storing eggs years ago. Refrigeration is the top method for both fertilized and unfertilized eggs. Using lard to rub the egg shells was a poor second. The other methods were worse than leaving the eggs at room temperature after a few months. USE THE FRIDGE. It's not that hard to find this type of information. It isn't just salmonella that's a problem in egg storage.
GOOD JOB
I'm sure youre right. I was only a kid when I helped my friends. They used to have huge piles of crated eggs in the basement & a sort of boxy desk w/ lights that shone up out of it. Then one by one we'd hold an egg over the lights til we could see inside. They asked us to put any aside that showed dark spots. Seemed like we did quite a few before we ever came upon one w/dark spots. So maybe it is a very passe way of looking for blood eggs cuz I knew nothing of fertilized eggs. Still don't, lol!
Make egg noodles and dry those, store in canning jars for the winter.
well the book she is reading from said not to use them if they have poo on them, i guess the best thing to do is to wipe it as easily as possible, i done some research on storing eggs and it said that if you could do it without washing bloom off then that was best, but if you had to wash off bloom in order to get poo off then it was ok too. Everywhere you look it says something different, try a couple different ways and see which turn out the best.(thats what im going to do anyway)
If you're that set against mineral oil, you should look deeper into the subject because it turns out that it's in a whole lot of the foods you eat.
You should steam/boil them, it makes the taste milder. The go very well with pork/chicken porridge.
Top-notch video. Thank you. :-)
Our chickens lay year round, in the old days we din't store eggs, we ate em..