Hen's Eggs

[mrs_overall]

We have been given two dozen eggs from a friend. I didn't want to offend her by asking, but are all hens vaccinated against salmonella?
(A few years ago a bout of salmonella nearly killed me and I am a bit paranoid)

[sandyRoe]

I don't know about the vaccination but if they were hard boiled they should be OK.
I think.

[murraymints]

If friend eats them too...assume it's safe....

[RATTER15]

No not all hens are vaccinated as there is no legal requirement to so but you will be fine I'm sure.

[mrs_overall]

Ratter - you have just decided me - I am not going to touch them!

[sandyRoe]

You could paint them and pretend they were symmetrical pebbles

[mrs_overall]

lol

[RATTER15]

Mrs O. Eat the eggs, they are probably far healthier and tastier than the eggs you buy in the supermarket.

[murraymints]

I'd eat them..!!!

[mrs_overall]

Ratter, I told you I was paranoid!

[RATTER15]

Ours are vaccinated but we know many people who don't vaccinate with no problems, the risks are miniscule. Enjoy them.

[Maydup]

I'm easily put off eggs and couldn't eat them either. Too real for me and besides, you don't know how old they are or how they've been stored.

But then I am not a great egg eater and use less than 6 eggs a month.

Wash them and hard boil them or use them for cooking rather than having them soft perhaps.

[Svejk]

Know where you're coming from, mrs o. I've become maniacally pernickity since I had a dose of Salmonella years ago.

[Tilly2]

That explains a lot of things, Svejk. Mrs o we get our eggs from a little cottage down the road. I have never thought to ask about the chickens being vaccinated.

[jomifl]

Use them to make a cake, salmonella bacteria are very sensitive to high temperatures and wouldn't survive cooking and will all be killed under cake baking conditions.

[jim360]

If Salmonella has affected you in the past I can't blame you for being wary or paranoid. I would just ask.

[Sharingan]

I eat local farm eggs from unvaccinated hens and also drink raw milk, I've never caught anything nasty. My Mother had salmonella once when she was pregnant, caught from a hotel, and she says without doubt it was the most horrific thing imaginable and was in hospital for ages with it, so I can understand you being careful but I'm sure in this case you'll be fine, the chances of catching salmonalla like this are very very small.

[Iluvspikey]

no, they're not - so don't eat them raw - eg licking the spoon from cake mixture or don't eat homemade mayo, fry/ boil till yolk is firm