How much are eggs by you

↑ adinab83 ↓

Yesterday at 9:00 am

amother Impatiens wrote:

How would I know if eggs at a non Jewish store like Walmart or target is kosher and ok to use. What would I look for?

Yes are kosher and don't need a hechsher

amother

↑ OP

Yesterday at 9:02 am

amother Cyclamen wrote:

The chicken you eat typically comes from birds that are approximately 7 weeks old. They don't have much time to catch the flu lol!

The leg 1/4s I buy are HUGE that’s from 7 weeks old?
The whole chickens at COSTCO don’t look that small

amother

↑ Cyclamen ↓

Yesterday at 9:03 am

amother Impatiens wrote:

How would I know if eggs at a non Jewish store like Walmart or target is kosher and ok to use. What would I look for?

Your good if you're getting the comercial type. They all come from leghorns. If you're getting brown, 99% likely you're okay. Fancy colored eggs, like blue, there is a chance it can be problematic, best to avoid.

amother

↑ Cyclamen ↓

Yesterday at 9:06 am

amother OP wrote:

The leg 1/4s I buy are HUGE that’s from 7 weeks old?
The whole chickens at COSTCO don’t look that small

Yup! They are bred to grow huge fast. Can be as young as 5 weeks.

↑ adinab83

Yesterday at 9:08 am

amother OP wrote:

The leg 1/4s I buy are HUGE that’s from 7 weeks old?
The whole chickens at COSTCO don’t look that small

Its a different breed for eggs

amother

↑ Apple ↓

Yesterday at 9:42 am

amother Cyclamen wrote:

We have our own chickens, so pennies per dozen (for feed) Twisted Evil

What is your rate of eggs that have blood in them? I'm curious to see if it's more than the rate of brown eggs with blood (which is about 2 per dozen here, which is why I don't buy them anymore).

amother

↑ Blue

Yesterday at 10:04 am

amother Snapdragon wrote:

I would be very happy for you if you're able to get cheap eggs, but don't be too jealous. Everything in Canada is waaay more expensive.

And the exchange rate is now at 1.43.

So basically for Americans it’s free😳

amother

↑ Chocolate ↓

Yesterday at 12:20 pm

adinab83 wrote:

Yes are kosher and don't need a hechsher

I am curious about people who raise their own hens. If not all types of chickens are kosher, and other species of fowl aren’t kosher, how do you know your eggs are kosher? Like how do you know some wild bird didn’t breed with your chickens? I’m much more comfortable buying eggs from chickens that are commercialized, they are kept in cages and there is no chance of them mating with any other bird or breed. Plus the eggs are all candled and generally dont have blood spots. (Brown eggs have more red areas but most of them aren’t blood spots. But I avoid brown eggs as much as possible.)

Iymnok

Yesterday at 12:22 pm

28₪ for a tray of 30 (M) from Mishnat Yosef.
25₪ per tray of 30 if I get 10 trays (L) from a private distributor.

The brown eggs do not have more blood spots. Look carefully. In a white shelled egg you'll see one or two white spots, one attached to the yolk. If you open a brown shelled egg you'll see the same spots in brown. They will look almost red. They are not blood spots.

amother

↑ Bluebonnet ↓

Yesterday at 12:46 pm

amother Chocolate wrote:

I know lots of people who have hens but roosters aren't allowed in many cities, so the eggs aren't getting fertilized. The chickens are typically cages because otherwise they will get eating by foxes, getting taken out only with supervision. There's no flock of wild roosters roaming and looking to mate.

amother

↑ Lightgray ↓

Yesterday at 12:50 pm

amother Impatiens wrote:

How would I know if eggs at a non Jewish store like Walmart or target is kosher and ok to use. What would I look for?

Eggs aside: do you not know how to look for a kosher symbol on a packaged food item? This seems pretty basic to me

amother

↑ Bluebonnet ↓

Yesterday at 12:53 pm

amother Lightgray wrote:

Eggs aside: do you not know how to look for a kosher symbol on a packaged food item? This seems pretty basic to me

Not every item has or needs a hechsher. Where do you find the hechsher on a banana?

amother

↑ Lily

Yesterday at 1:00 pm

amother Coral wrote:

Eggs up a lot in Michigan due to new law allowing only cage free eggs to be sold. Is that for all usa?

Welcome to being the second California state. We have the law here and prices are always higher on eggs in CA. Ridiculous nanny state law. Next thing you will get is the stupid prop 65 warnings on everything... and gas prices through the roof.

↑ Bnei Berak 10 ↓

Yesterday at 1:19 pm

amother Chocolate wrote:

AFAIK egg laying chickens are only female and there isn't any rooster around.
AFAIK I've never heard of wild birds mating with egg laying chickens.

↑ Bnei Berak 10

Yesterday at 1:27 pm

amother Bluebonnet wrote:

Not every item has or needs a hechsher. Where do you find the hechsher on a banana?

In Israel you need to be careful where you buy your fruit and vegetables from because of orla and maasrot.
For example shuk hacarmel in Tel Aviv the majority of vendors don't have hechsherim so if you are frum you need to be very careful, *especially* during shmitta year.