Afternoon trappers! Hope yall are staying warm.

Been tinkering with new baits, trying to get fermented egg paste figured out, they’ve been cooking for about 9 days. Decided to try a couple different ways, started with a dozen fresh eggs and some fresh disinfected jars. Cracked 6 with no shell in a jar, the next jar cracked and crunched up the shells with the remaining 6 & scrambled both. Put a coffee filter between the lid & glass rim to keep ventilation going. Stuck it in the garage at a constant 65-70°. No stirring these, just swirling it in the jar whenever I feel like it needs to move.

What I noticed is the egg shell jar started changing faster than the no shell jar. Completely changed pasty white color within 3 1-2 days, no shell jar was starting to turn colors but still very yellow, took at-least another day for it to turn the same color. They’re now a thick liquid, almost like a thin pudding. Have some small bubbles form in them. (More in the shell jar.) Haven’t had much expansion yet, just a little bit. Shell jar is starting to have a funky smell, not horrible, but not great!😆 haven’t noticed a very strong smell coming from the other yet. Smells good really.

Posting some pictures, start, changing & then today. Yall be safe!
Caleb

Thanks. Keep us posted

Will do! Next time I do them I’ll take 2 dozen eggs, everything the same but one set gets stirred

I was telling my girlfriend how one stinks and the other doesn’t. Atleast no smell outside the jar is how I was judging it. To prove it to her I took the cap off and put my nose down in it, got a nose full of funky that made my whole body jump. She about died of laughing

The bacteria on the eggshells would likely be the difference in smell. Store bought eggs or farm fresh?

Farm fresh, does it work with store bought eggs?

If they weren't washed, and shells dropped in, there was bacteria on them for sure, and that would likely be the smell difference. I think any eggs will work but the shells will affect your end product, obviously. This is just my thoughts after raising poultry for a lot of my life, eggshells are dirty on the outside until washed properly, at which point the bloom (protective layer of dried slime) is gone and the insudes are susceptible to bacteria being absorbed through the shell, which is why they should be refrigerated after washing and do not require it prior to washing.

I'm no expert on making the fermented eggs, but my father raised pheasants for 42 years and I keep layers, eggs are amazing vessels of life.