Is salmonella, the reason they feed the chickens all those antibiotics(At
least in Australia)?  Or is it a yield issue?
Ben Balzer
----- Original Message -----
From: Don Wiss <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, July 04, 1999 2:05 PM
Subject: Re: [P-F] Eggs are bad?


> Bill Wilcox  wrote:
>
> >I believe the salmonella is on the outside of the egg shell only.  If the
> eggs
> >are washed prior to use it doesn't matter if you cook them well or eat
them
> >raw.
>
> I have to wash my eggs before I use them. I buy mine from a farmer that
has
> free-range chickens. This means his chickens drop their eggs all over the
> barn yard. So they are often covered with sticky stuff, straw, and who
> knows what. Many of his customers don't like these dirty eggs, so I get
> them for $2 a dozen instead of his usual $2.50 a dozen.
>
> Don (who lives in the city, but likes having the farmers travel to our
> local greenmarket)