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Where do Eggs come from? – Transcript
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- Hens lay roughly one egg every day in special nest boxes inside the henhouse.
- Every egg is stamped with a farm identification number at the pack house.
- At the packing center, a machine checks the eggs for quality by looking for tiny cracks, dirt, or misshapen shells.
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eggs from the nest to you on this farm the hens have special nest boxes inside the henhouse this is where the hens lay their eggs and these hens lay roughly one egg every day once the hen has laid her egg it rolls gently onto this special conveyor belt where it's taken
to the pack house at the pack house every egg is stamped with the farm identification number to see which farm it has come from you can type these numbers into this website to find out exactly which farm it has come from they are then packed by hand into large trays unloaded very carefully onto a
lorry like this next they are taken to
at the packing center the eggs are checked for quality by this machine which can see any tiny cracks on the shell it also spots if there are any eggs which are dirty or misshapen these eggs are still good to eat so they are taken away to be used as an ingredient in lots of different foods once they have been checked the eggs are stacked again this time with a best
before date and this symbol called a British lion when you see this mark on an egg it means that it's fresh and good to eat it also means that the hen that laid it has been well looked after next the eggs are packed into boxes according to size
usually they're packed into boxes of six ten or twelve eggs twelve eggs is sometimes called a dozen
the eggs are then ready to start their journey to your local store by the time they reach the shop the eggs will be two to three days old and ready to be boiled in a pan and enjoyed with soldiers for your tea