Do you candle the eggs before selling for consumption?

[Mosey2003]

Can you really see blood/meat spots if you candle? Interesting...

 

[Folly's place]

You will find most of them, although those dark chocolate eggs are just too difficult. I wash eggs when they come into my house, and don't candle them. Too time consuming, IMO.
Mary

 

[Mosey2003]

That's good to know! I have a pretty good candler and don't ever get more than a dozen a day, I'd feel better keeping a carton of spotted eggs back rather than selling or letting my parents use them as they tend to be a bit squeamish.

 

[fluffy chicken123]

I know that commercial producers candle eggs and remove those with blood or meat spots before sale. Candling is not required by NC for small producers, but do you bother to do this before selling your eggs? If not, do you explain that some eggs may have blood spots and it is normal?

I have about 23 hens and I sell their eggs. from the ones I eat at home, I have only found about 2 blood spots and my siblings were fine with it after I told them it was safe to eat. I sell 4-6 dozen eggs to a friend every week and I tell her "If you ever have any problems with the eggs, let me know and I'll refund them" I dont candle my eggs, and I have never gotten a complaint from her or anyone else. I am thinking about starting to candle my eggs but I'm not sure yet

 

[aart]

I tell her "If you ever have any problems with the eggs, let me know and I'll refund them"

Yep, I tell them to put the whole egg, contents and shell, into a container in the fridge for me to see. Only needed t employ that twice when one hen had large blood spots several days in a row.....then it never happened again.

 

[Janetthechickengirl]

I eat the blood spots without being grossed out, but I was surprised to find that well over half of my eggs have blood spots and was wondering how that would affect egg sales.

Thanks for everyone's input. We are getting a bunch of chicks in a few weeks and I hope to have eggs to sell this fall.

I have noticed that the blood spots seem to be more common in my heritage breed Jersey Giants compared to my Commercial type layers White leghorns and red sex linked hens

 

[nuthatched]

I have noticed that the blood spots seem to be more common in my heritage breed Jersey Giants compared to my Commercial type layers White leghorns and red sex linked hens

This thread is from 2009, my friend. :]

 

[EEKaCHICK]

I candle my eggs always. I've sold over 150DZ in the last 6 months. Only one complaint about 2 bad eggs. I then started float testing a few eggs in each collection after that. I find if you pick up your eggs everyday and evening you should not have any internal surprises. Unless you have a shell anomaly. I also started adding "keep refrigerated" tabs to each package. My processing methods are made known to my clients so they know or think I am providing them with the freshest product possible.