Collecting eggs with surgical gloves?!

[Cara]

Surely a chicken's butt isn't exactly sterile?

http://cgi.ebay.com/12-PUREBRED-LAR...emQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item414e0f50a2

 

[tls_ranch]

I don't know about gloves, but I wash my hands before gathering or handling the hatching eggs. Why spread bacteria?

 

[Cara]

As long as you don't wash the eggs the bloom will protect against bacteria permeating the shell. I think people get too hung up on bacteria when hens set eggs quite successfully in unsterilized nests.

 

[Sweetfolly]

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I wash my hands in between collecting eggs from each pen - but I don't wear surgical gloves!

 

[GreenGoddess]

I just want to know how they check for fertility before shipping.. Do they know something we don't?? LOL

Goddess

 

[tls_ranch]

I don't want to bash this "ebay breeder". But, I would like to see real pictures of their stock that they say they have been raising for several years. Why is the picture they are using in the ebay listing from My Pet Chicken?

 

[babymakes6]

Did you see their feedback? 93.8% is NOT good feedback. Also, there are NO feedback left recently for eggs. I would not buy from them.
I have bought eggs on ebay several times, and have been very pleased. I read the feedback very carefully before I buy from anyone, though. The person I got my Silkie eggs from, had feedback left from people buying eggs from her 9, 10, and even more times!

 

[ranchhand]

As a former ebayer? Wouldn't touch those eggs with a 10 foot pole, surgical gloves or not.

Check fertility before shipping?

 

[tammyd57]

That seller has 4 listings for eggs, they all say pretty much the same thing. BUT they all have different pictures of the birds. None of them resemble each other, and I'm sure at least one of them is from a show.

 

[underground chickenman]

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Well, how do you think, silly? They break it open, look for the bullseye and, if found, superglue it back together and ship it.