Let me start off by saying, I'm kinda stupid. But what would the need be? Do you eat the shell? Like I said, I'm not that smart. Something I'm overlooking in my post rum and coke stupor.

Haha. I was thinking I was firmly in the wash camp. Then you go and post that.

If you put them in the refrigerator it is ok to wash them. If you don't, don't wash them. They are naturally covered with antimicrobial gluck (a derivative from cluck).

you are all welcome.

From what I've read over the years it seems the US is the only place that routinely washes the eggs sold in the grocery. Eggs with the natural coating have a longer shelf life and taste better at the end of their shelf life than those that are washed.

Realistically tho, how long are you going to just have eggs sitting around before being eaten? We go through about a dozen eggs a week so it doesn't matter to me if they are washed/unwashed as they'll be eaten before there would be any long term discernible difference anyway.

That said, if I got some farm fresh unwashed eggs I wouldn't bother washing them just because I'm lazy that way.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/nadiaarumugam/2012/10/25/why-american-eggs-would-be-illegal-in-a-british-supermarket-and-vice-versa/

Just wash your hands. We don’t wash eggs.

Why is my biggest concern avoiding the person that took the video?

To stay on topic never washed an egg and am still here. And I’m old enough to have seen a clothes line full of chickens tied by their feet with the grim reaper cutting heads off. Hell of a sight chickens flapping and blood spraying and mothers fussing at kids to get away.

Backwoods Virginia assembly line for chicken harvesting.

I wouldn't lose any sleep over your concern. I just wash clods.

and now I can rest easy from actually seeing a video of a chicken popping loose an egg.  This website has some range.  (Pun very much intended).

How do you avoid eggs falling into poo? We have a large house with roosts and 3 nest boxes. Unfortunately, some of the hens like to sleep in the nest boxes, which means hen poo in the nest boxes, which means hen poo on the eggs. Handling hen poo doesn't bother me, but I prefer not to eat it, so I wash the ones that are dirty. Just cold water, no detergent of any sort, rub the dirty areas with my fingers to clean. Our eggs live out on the counter, and are rarely over a week old when eaten.

I used to wash them right before I sold them. I stopped doing that unless they are really bad. I figure this way my customers have evidence of them being farm raised. :) I don't wash them for my own consumption.

Fresh eggs are not meant for boiling and peeling.

If we want to boil and peel (Easter eggs for grandkids), we use store bought and let set at least a week in fridge. Then boil. They peel easy under cold water.