[Maggie]

Not sure if anyone has asked this, but ever since the price of eggs have skyrocketed, has anyone noticed that the egg shells are much more fragile and brittle?

We hard boil our eggs and have noticed more eggs cracking when they hit the hot water.

Also, I’m now spending a few minutes checking each egg in a carton because invariably, one or two of the eggs have fine cracks or are already cracked.

So this is what I’ve learned:
1) winter eggs can be more brittle/fragile.

2) I DO check every egg in every carton. It’s surprising how many eggs were already cracked and stuck to the carton. I checked 4 dozen eggs until I found a dozen that were all in tact.

3) I’ll change the way I boil my eggs by placing them in cool water, bringing to a boil, turning flame off and letting sit for 12 minutes before placing in ice bath.

I hope the price of eggs start coming down; but I’m not holding my breath.

I live in a city and do not have access to homegrown eggs.

[Margo]

I have always checked my eggs before I buy them, and the last time I bought them two had tiny cracks that I didn’t notice because they were underneath

[Diane]

Idk about that but if you save the water you boil eggs in and water your house plants, they absolutely love it!

[Stacey]

Certain brands have always been like that to me so I learned to avoid those. But I got desperate and bought Sam’s club eggs and I saw they were thin.

But to me they always were thin?

I just hadn’t bought them in ages. Lucerne is a good brand for more quality eggs.

[Mylissa]

We start eggs in cold water but usually eggs have thinner shells in winter and diet plays a huge part

[Chelsea]

Like others have mentioned, winter eggs are thinner also diet can be to blame. You can try another boiling method to prevent that.

You place them in the cold water, then bring it to a rolling boil.

Turn the burner off, cover them and let sit for 12 minutes. Then, you do the cold water plunge and peel.

[Paula]

Alot of places are feeding the chickens VEGAN, they are omnivores. They are not getting the proper diet, no sun, no grass, etc.

Read your cartons.

I stopped buying chicken at Sams for this very reason.

It’s also one reason their immune systems are so poor.

[Ashley]

I buy free range brown eggs and the shells are very strong. They seem harder to crack without getting shell bits in the bowl though.

[Cheryl]

I heard on the news that there will be lower prices in the next month or so.

Guess we will have to to wait and see

[Heidi]

Interesting. I worked on a farm once and they experimented with lights that fooled the chickens into shorter day cycles to see if they would lay more eggs.

There were some shameful results, thin egg shells being the least of the worries.

I wonder if they are doing this on a large scale.

[Nesha]

We bought a local egg share over the winter. My eggs have remained the same price and the eggshells haven’t changed.

[Connie]

It’s winter.. eggshells are thinner in winter due to lower calcium consumption.

Even adding calcium to food sometimes isn’t enough.

[Penny]

I start my eggs in cold water, bring to a boil, boil 5 minutes, cover and let sit for 15.

Perfect every time.

[Susan]

Thin shelled eggs are from the diet of what the chicken is fed and I’m assuming in this economy our food supply chain has had to make diffcult decisions.. just my assumption.

Soon when the production level is returned shortly and hens have matured to egg laying age we should see some improvements.

Once inflation subsides fed cost should follow and come down.

All of this is constrained by energy costs and uncertainty.

[Janeen]

I’ve always done the egg check thing since I grew up poor. Thought everyone did that.

[Erik]

I’d suggest placing the eggs in the pot, adding cold water, and then turning on the burner.

[Lisa]

I always check the eggs before I buy them. Every single time for years

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