How to prepare your eggs for showing:

I have been asked to write a few lines on Exhibiting eggs, for those of you planning to take part in our evening Egg Show on May 16th. Our show is held with the rather novel twist in that not only are the eggs judged by the invited judge, but by all present on the evening as well. It has in the past been enjoyed by all that attend, so why not come along and join in? It is not compulsory to bring any eggs, but the more entries the better.

Each egg should be nice and round at the top, with good width, and tapering down, so as not to be too round or too pointed at the bottom. There is no size limit on large eggs, but a bantam egg should not weigh more than 42.5 Grams, (1½ ozs).
Eggs can be of any colour; even mottled eggs can be shown, (these are the ones with dark spots on a lighter background). Whatever the colour, they should be free from bumps, pimples and ridges, or Sainsbury’s stamp marks. (Mr Messenger take note!).
The shells should be clean, free from stains or marks and may be either matt or shiny. If an egg is soiled it can be washed, but be careful with dark brown eggs as this can wash some of the colour off.
With regard to classes for plates of three and six eggs, these should match each other as closely as possible and ideally should all be laid by the same bird. The ‘Show Champion’ eggs almost always come from these classes.
Polishing or any attempt to enhance the colour of the shells will lead to disqualification. Eggs from chickens, bantams or waterfowl of any type can be shown. Please see the above Classification.
Once again I hope this helpful to all you aspiring egg exhibitors, anyone wishing to know more about either the show or indeed, what to show, should either contact John or Wilf, who I’m sure, will be only too pleased to help.
Tim Moss