The Dangerous Egg Washing Mistake (And How to Do It Safely)

Everyday Homesteading

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🗓️ 18 April 2026

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Are your chicken eggs coming into the house dirty, especially during mud season? In this episode of Everyday Homesteading, Carolyn is joined by Amy, cofounder of Good Egg, to talk about how to keep eggs clean starting in the coop—and how to properly handle fresh eggs once they’re in your kitchen. We’re covering everything from nesting box strategies to the right (and wrong) way to wash eggs, plus how storage methods affect shelf life. If you’ve ever wondered whether to wash your eggs, how l...

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0:53.8	situation is that you're not going to be there to watch every
0:56.9	tang of chicken accidentally, you know, poops in the nursing box.
1:00.3	Change it immediately. It's just not going to happen. So you do your best.
1:03.9	Accidents happen and it's coming from a chicken spot. At the end of the day, that's where it comes
1:10.3	from.
1:16.9	Welcome to Everyday Homesteading, the show for busy families who want more self-sufficiency without burning out.
1:17.7	I'm Josh.
1:20.0	And I'm Carolyn from Homesteading Family. And in every episode, we share time-tested knowledge on topics from growing and preserving your food to raising livestock to herbal medicine and
1:29.5	anything homesteading in between. Let's jump in. We are actually talking about something that I
1:36.2	wish somebody had told me about when I was just starting to keep chickens. And that is the
1:42.6	importance of clean eggs. And what clean eggs mean? How do you get them?
1:48.1	Does it mean you're washing? Don't wash. There's all sorts of things in the clean egg discussion.
1:55.1	And so today I'm actually really excited because I'm bringing into the conversation somebody who has
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