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pinkkitty | 15:34 Sat 17th Jan 2009 | Food & Drink
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we're getting our own chickens tomorrow, so am anticipating our first eggs over the next couple of weeks. Is it ok to write the date they were laid on them in felt pen or pencil, as i know the shells are porous?
eventuallly we'll be getting an egg skelter, but i was thinkng about what to do in the meantime.
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I would have thought that was perfectly okay and this lady thinks so too:

http://www.lovefoodhatewaste.com/storage_and_t ools?food=56

A pencil is recommended here:
http://www.go-self-sufficient.com/chickeggs.ht m

An egg stays fresh for 45 days, by the way. :) Obviously you use fresher eggs for poaching.

If you are still concerned you can buy food colouring pens - it would be perfectly safe to eat, but I don't know if you'd end up with strangely coloured eggs
use a pencil ...
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thanks for your answers, didn't want to poison my friends and family!
I think i will call my egg puddi!!!

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