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[Rob <becida AT comcast.net>]

Wouldn't doing it and not getting sick be a passed test?
We made mayonnaise with our eggs in Minnesota and didn't get sick.

Rob
becida AT comcast.net



At  3/12/2009 07:44 AM,DSanner106 AT aol.com wrote:
> I have to agree with Gene, My grandmother did this with hers when
> I was growing up, but they were her chickens raised for many  generations
> and originated from her parents farm of years before. Not too sure
> I would try that today, or at least I would get some tests for  Salmonella
> run on them once.
>
> Drew
>
>
> In a message dated 3/12/2009 10:38:22 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> genegerue AT ruralize.com writes:
>
> I am not  sure that is safe, Lynn. I have read that salmonella is
> transmitted  from hen to egg and therefore all her chicks carry it also
> regardless of their subsequent living conditions. So unless our hens
> are from salmonella-free, farm-grown hens of many generations they  may
> have the disease within them and in their eggs. If that is so,  then it
> is prudent to not eat raw eggs from hens that are only a  few
> generations removed from any of the big  hatcheries.