🍳 Water Glass Eggs & The Truth About Them 🍳 

💥 HOW to Water Glass Eggs HERE: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Lr0fR6yRoZM.html

I’m by no means an expert but for those that may be thinking about doing this. You don’t wash the eggs first. Leave the bloom on. And candle the eggs to see if there are any cracks in the shell that aren’t obvious to the eye. And I believe a cool place is ideal. So keep under the counter rather than up top

I love how James always looks so serious. Except when he looks at you. His eyes light up. Love your videos!!!

I do a float test before breaking them open, then do a smell test. I also keep mine in well washed plastic coffee can, usually holds just about 2 doz eggs.

I am of Bavarian heritage and like beet-picked hardboiled eggs. They last for years; you can add eggs to vinegar/beet pickling solution over time. I can bake with flaxseed instead of eggs with no problem.

Thanking your son for his input too. It’s not easy to get on camera and we appreciate you Gabriel! (The mom in me can’t help but yell “good job!”) Lol.

It's nice to see Gabe again. My husband brought me one egg yesterday from the chicken house I was so excited. I bought an 18 count the other day the price was 7. 80 see why I was so happy about that one 🥚 🐣 egg.

If you are concerned about your glass eggs, do the float test. This will tell you if they are good or not

My Grandma was raised on a chicken farm. They raised 700 plus chickens. She told me that they used to water glass their eggs and that they would be fine but the yolks would often break. My hens have not been laying for the last several months except for a couple that free range. I've had that issue with the feed that you're talking about. Great video!

I just ate eggs this morning that I glassed in June. They were perfect. One thing I do that NO ONE ELSE suggests: about 1 month in, I transfer every egg to a new container with new solution. I check for cracks at that time and this has the added benefit of restacking so the older ones are on top. If they’re going to break they will have done so by then. The others can be rinsed and put in new solution in a new jar and they’re good to go. Also, DONT MOVE your containers unless you have to once they’re good to go! Edit: I use 1 gallon jars from azure standard. Don’t do it in the huge jars.

Thank you for the reminder. I checked mine now and many appeared to be "frozen" likely because they were in a location close to the ground. I opened them all and there was no odor at all and some actually looked like the usual opened eggs.

Don't toss them. I crack them and put the shells and all in my holes when I plant tomatoes and peppers. Seems to work pretty well. Also the batch we lost was because of a small stress crack we missed when we started them.

I prefer to put them in a silicone cupcake trays, use my stick blender to scramble them in the cup, cover and freeze then pop them out and put into freezer bags marked with the date.

I have always believed that you give us ONLY the facts, that you KNOW, thank you for that! On another note, I'm soooo jealous of Gabriels great looking hair!

I don't get to watch often but I love your channel. I didn't even know you could waterglass eggs until I watched one of your videos. Thank you for continuing to educate and inform us. Keep doing what you're doing. 🙂

I water glassed last Summer. We have gone through most of them already I rinse them under warm water before cracking them to create a bit of temperature change. I had one crack while doing this. I figured that one was going bad so I got rid of it. I also found a couple with a hair line crack in them and cooked them for the dogs. Other than that they have been fabulous to have this winter. I crack one at a time in a small bowl and smell it before adding to the big bowl. I will be doing this again this summer. I also stored them under the counter and left them alone till we need to use them. If I were you I wouldn't just throw out the whole jar of eggs. I would check each one and cook the ones that seemed good and feed them back to the chickens.

My girls are coming back as well. I honestly feel like the freeze dried eggs are the best for us. They taste like fresh scrambled farm eggs. If I didn't have the freeze dryer I'd go with water glassing eggs. Glad to have this information.

Thank you for the information. I was wondering how the eggs were as far as taste. My Great-Grandma use to do her eggs that way until the house go electrified in 1976. I don't recall ever having eggs at her house so I was wondering. Love your down to earth way of presenting things. You share both the successes and failures to let us know things don't always go according to plan.

Thank you so much for doing this update! I water glassed eggs last spring and noticed one was cracked in the jar and wasn’t sure what to do with the others. Always learning from your channel!!

Thank you for sharing the end results, when the time comes I will try myself. I have also thought about the size of the containers and how heavy they were that people are using. Thanks again!

Girl, my girls got down to 1 egg a day for my 18 hens… my hubby rigged up some lights on a timer and after about 10 days we are now at a dozen a day… lighting is key! We are still using the same feed…😜

I watch Townsends all the time! Love both of your channels. Jon actually mentioned you in one of his videos a week or so ago! :)

Hi Patera and all. I just started water glassing. This was my first venture to water glass them so I’m using my 1/2 gallon mason jars to learn and see how they do

I'm SO GLAD you did this video! I have heard that we do NOT water glass fresh eggs but let them sit 3-4 days first. Will definitely try this.

Looks Great guys.Beautiful color.Looks amazingly delicious 😋.

We had the same experience you did and I never tried again so I'm really looking forward to seeing this one all the way through as usual good morning everybody

I so enjoy you videos! I learn something new each time! Blessings ❣️❣️

Needs to be stored in a cool , dark place away from heat. We store in small buckets away from light and heat.. in 2 gallon buckets. The clear jars we never use

I agree ! 3 gallon and smaller to gallon jugs would be best !

I can't wait to try it! I've watched many successful stories.

Last summer I waterglassed quail eggs in widemouth pint jars. They came out just like fresh eggs after 3 months in the lime. I only needed a few to get me through the chickens taking a break. I will do it again this year

I can't tell if someone already said this, but you can crack an egg in a bowl and then pour it into the mixing. That way if you come across one that doesn't smell right, you didn't loose all the ones that were fine. We learned that the hard way.

You have me 😆 cracking up girl! Funky cold Medina, I loved that song! I’m so happy I found you/your channel. Learning so much & not feeling so along out here on our new farm. So much to learn & learning each day. Thank you so much for everything. I really appreciate your videos♥️. God bless you my friend.

I have tried water glassing eggs, butI prefer to coat them in food grade mineral oil and preserve them. I’m using eggs from July now.

Tried water glassing...was a success, never did any more...may try again. :) Thank you for a lovely video! :) Dawn @ Rich & Dawn in MN :)

I like the idea of keeping smaller jars. Thank you for the tip.

I love them for baking when my chickens aren’t laying well . They do well in scrambled eggs also

I like dehydrating eggs. It is a sure thing done right.

I’ve never tried water glass eggs. Surprisingly my hens lay during the winter. Not much but they do lay. But I want to try to water glassing my eggs. I’ll have to watch your video on it. Thank you for the video ❤

Thanks for sharing this experiment. They look great 💕✌️

This was so interesting! I wonder if you could fit 6 eggs in a quart mason jar. That would be a great size to start with. I think Ill go watch your water canning video again. Really great to see that eggs turn out so good. And I love your fry pan!

Gabriel, reminds me of my youngest son, Titan. Wonderful! ❤

This is a great follow-up video to your 1st Water Glass Eggs video! Thank you, young lady...🇺🇸 😎👍☕

Thanks Patara. I love Amish style beet pickled eggs. I also have a recipe using malt vinegar that I love. I tried water glassing but didn't have a cool enough storage area for them. I lost 2 gallons during the heat of the summer. The other gallons were fine and tasty. Much Love ❤

My wife pointed out that the spoiled batch was in a clear jar verses a bucket that would not let much light in. It's a possibility anyway that could be the issue.

I LOVE your countertops! It looks like weathered and aged wood

I appreciate the follow up

I did 2 -1 gallon jars in June. One was moved and I didn’t know an egg cracked. Had to throw that out. The other gallon I used for Thanksgiving and Christmas desserts. Will do it again this year.

Thank you so much for showing us taking eggs out of water glassing! I've been wondering about that.

I’ve been having layer hens for many, many years and THIS year is definitely different than any other year…. It’s what a LOT of us out here are seeing and experiencing first hand… I’m not going off any one else’s word… I changed their feed to a local mix and lo and behold they are all laying again 🤷‍♀️

I water glassed for the first time in 2022. In March I put up 2 1 gallon jars and in June I put up 1 gallon jar. They were in my pantry and I think they were moved around more than they should have. I decided to check all three jars in December. The two from March had several that had broken and made the solution gross. I didn’t even bother to open them. Right into the compost it went. But the ones I put up in June were perfect. I was able to use them for holiday baking and they were fine. My new strategy is to wait until June or July to waterglass and I may do them in smaller batches moving forward. I also try to add a few new hens every spring to have layers through the winter. I will definitely do it again but I’ll adjust accordingly for my needs.

Thanks for showing this Patera. I haven't done water glassing because Im afraid of exactly what happened to you. But maybe I will try with a couple dozen at a time.💜

Thanks Patara 🤗❤️

Ever wondering if an egg is bad (without cracking it first)? Get a bowl of water (deeper than the egg) and put the egg in... if it floats, it’s bad; if it sinks, eat it!

I crack eggs into a small dish and then add them to the large bowl. That way if you have a rotten one the whole batch doesn’t get ruined.

You guys are just so adorable

I dehydrated 5 dozen of my farm fresh eggs. Planning on taking them with me onto the Appalachian trail with me.

This was the first yr waterglassing for me. I had one crack in a jar. It came from the oldest batch I had. It also came from one of my older hens. The jar was also moved around several times. My best guess is that it was a weaker shelled egg. I think that it was a thinner egg and I need to get some more calcium in my ladies.

So bottom line......one bad egg ruins the whole patch 🤣 story of life . Thanks for the video I was thinking of doing this.

I think I heard that water glassing makes the shell thinner, which did seem to be supported by the comments you made on how easily they cracked. So I would think a minor jostle to maybe an egg that had a thinner or weaker shell before water glassing could definitely split said eggs shell. Thank you for showing your experience with water glassing.

Thanks guys

Gabriel is such a brave soul, lol

Yippee!! Love those eggs ! Wonderful, your son and hubby - thank you , troopers 😂

I also did Liming of eggs for the first time. I did some in June and some in October. The ones in June definitely took on a lime taste. All of them the whites were very runny and the yolks broke very easily. I am not going to give up that easy. I must have used to much lime. I did move mine. DId not know you were not to move them.

Freeze Drying and powdering works well for eggs. Store in mylar with O2 absorber.

James has the absolute bluest eyes ever. 😱❤️

The only thing I do different before I water glass my eggs then what you do or that I saw that you did is I candle mine to make sure they don't have any hairline cracks in them before I put them in I hope that will help you you have a wonderful day

Good morning! We are getting a few chickens. So long term storage is something I am interested in, but I also want to give some away. I heard you can freeze them.

A lot of people complaining about the feed issues have kept chickens for several years and are well aware of what is normal. Be careful not to gaslight people.

Thank you for this vlog!! I have been wanting to try this.I have all the ingredients since your vlog back in May, but I was waiting for your results. Thank you again! I certainly do not want any "Funky Cold Medina." 😅

I'm gonna try waterglassing for the first time this spring

His hair has really grown. I don't think I could do that, but no chickens so I have no worry!!

Also shouldn't they be kept in the dark? Need to try this. Maybe mid to late summer so that we will eat them over the winter months. Thanks for sharing. I enjoy watching Townsend myself. God bless and protect.

Great video! Very interesting! Thank you for sharing! Take care! Blessings!

Brave Gabriel!!!

Waiting for the moment she slips a song lyrics into the video...... and there it is ! Funky cold Medina lol

I watched a video where she talked about candling every egg before putting them in. She also said if any of them have cracks or break in the solution, you need to throw them all out. Not sure how right she is.

The majority of my hens stopped laying over winter. Most went through a molt and shortness of winter days. Once the winter solstice passed a few have began laying again. One of my 6 mo old girls has started lay. The 3 Rhode Island Reds and the White Leghorns continued to lay during the winter. Out of those 7 hens I got 2 to 4 eggs a day, some days none. It was enough to carry me through the winter for my own family's egg needs. I have though about the water glass method, but at this rate I don't really need to. Just doesn't leave any to share.

I was always told to keep them in a dark, cool place where they won't be disturbed.

Thanks for reminding me. I need to check mine. I did what u did and did small quantities just in case!!

Another good video. Thank you Patara

Thank you Patara. I learn something new that I need everytime I come to your show. I was just getting ready to start glassing eggs. Is your bucket food grade?

I have been wondering if I should try to do this. Thank you for sharing 😊

Going to try

i use wide mouth quart jars they hold about 7 or 8 eggs depending on size. Not much weight on the eggs and i usually rotate them out about every 3 or 4 months. I float them and if they float happy dog time. I've only lost a few plus my egg lady does not have roosters. She buys her new chicks yearly and rotates her chickens about every 18 months to 2 years either by harvest or sale. I also freeze a few already scrambled and seasoned. Just pull the frozen uncooked eggs out and fryem up.

I would waterglass but my neighbors are now buying my extra eggs. With the live at the stores, they have come to appreciate some yard eggs.

good tips

Just had them for breakfast. I did have one jar that my kitties knocked around that had one crack so I tossed them. I do them in half gallon jars.

I tried to add a pic of my 3 little water glassed eggs but it won't let me ☹️ Anyway, my county preparedness team experimented with water glassing eggs based on one of your videos. The liquid in mine is still clear. There is no odor. They're sitting on the top shelf of the pantry in my apt. We water glassed them in Sept and for our next Sept meeting we are going to cook stuff with them! I love your videos! I learn something from each one. I had this interesting conversation with my sister. Sister: Your jar of eggs in the pantry gives me the heebee jeebies. Me: Then you should stay out of my closet. That's where I keep my jars of severed limbs. 🤣🤣

Townsend vid is best, waterglassing eggs is great but dont think works s own south where ir gets very hot unless u have a cool ground cellar, its always best to store in different containers and areas, its strange that one egg looks like was hard boiled, u said about pourise cemenr block well eggs aee pourice shelled which is where things are a little water inside

I use 1/2 gal pickle jars only when water bathing eggs

What great info! Thank you!🐥

Really loved this video. We will try glassing eggs this year. How wonderful that they last so long!!! When using plastic containers to glass the eggs, does it have to be extremely thick? Was considering using a plastic mayonnaise container to try this out first. Will try a pickle jar also. Thank you for sharing!

Love Townsend

I made 2 1 gallon jars and I had one bust on me in 1. I saw it in the front. It sat on my counter way too long but when I finally got around to taking care of it… funky is right. The ones that were good were great for scrambled eggs. I poured the lime water out in the back 40. Didn’t know what else to do with it.

Maybe because the temperature fluctuates so much in the kitchen. Perhaps a less active room for storage would be better.

I’ve wanted to water glass eggs but haven’t! I dehydrate my excess eggs and powder and vacuum seal them.

I use 1/2 gallon jars

I'm a bachelor. I'll try to eat anything. I would DEFINETLY try to reuse it or eat it.

Maybe glass jar in a warm kitchen is the culprit. Fluctuating kitchen temps and no protection from light.