[HENrietta]

Hi again, have just been and collected my eggs for breakfast. My youngest hen (martha) has been laying for about 2 weeks now but her whites are always rather snotty :blink: .
Havent experienced this with any of my other girls, will she get better, she is about 5months old roughly.

Thanks HEnrietta.

[SnooziSuzi]

do you mean that the egg whites are still a bit runny when you hard / soft boil them?

if so then this is perfectly normal but you shoud wait about 5 days to a week if you want to use them for eggs & soldiers to allow the whites to harden.

if it's not that then I dunno!

[HENrietta]

mmmmmm not really...... how can i explain, when the egg is broken.... you know how you always get a part of the egg white that literally looks like mmmmm... a transparent boggie  (snot)(excuse the spelling) well her whole egg white is like it when raw. When it is cooked it  almost disintergrates.  I'm not sure myself any more.......

Sorry i'm a bit vague!!!!!

HEN

[cathangirl]

Can't help, Henrietta, but it doesn't sound very appetising to me.

[Aunt Sally]

I think I know what you mean and they will improve with storage.  Try keeping them at room temp for a week before use.

[Aunt Sally]

In a very fresh, good quality egg, the albumen is jelly-like and may
have a cloudy appearance.

[HENrietta]

Many thanks will give it a go. My husband thinks i am being fussy!!! Probaly am  :blink: