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I have had my own laying hens for about 12 years now! Love them and their production (currently getting ~6/day from our 7 hens)!! Another thing about fresh eggs is, hard boiled eggs are more difficult to peel when they are very fresh. Best to let them chill for 20-30 days before doing the hard boiled thing (unless you have mastered one of those peeling methods that would not be affected by the thicker more fragmented shells). The best method I have found for getting hard boiled eggs to peel more easily is, boil them till pretty much done, then put them in a ice/water bath for 30 seconds, then put them back into the boiling water for a minute or two then let cool at room temp. YMMV!
I've found that if you cook them in a digital pressure cooker (InstaPot®) for 4 minutes, they peel very easily.

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Now I’m intrigued. Would you mind sharing the details like how much water, settings, etc.?
You only need about a cup of water in there, because it uses steam and pressure to cook the eggs.

Because the eggs are under pressure, when you remove them from the InstaPot and place them in a bowl of ice water, then peel.. the shells have totally separated from the egg.
 
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If I hadn’t just finished up meal-prepping for the week, I’d give it a try. I look forward to your findings.
Well, first egg did not work for me ;~(( I will test the others later after they have more time to cool. I did do the ice bath and then waited another 15 minutes after that. Now in all fairness, these were "young eggs". I generally use older eggs for hard boiled because they work better for peeling in my experience. The eggs I used here were all less than two weeks from lay date. I will try some of my other peeling methods later and report ;~)) Got to guitar, girl is out of house ;~))
 
Well, first egg did not work for me ;~(( I will test the others later after they have more time to cool. I did do the ice bath and then waited another 15 minutes after that. Now in all fairness, these were "young eggs". I generally use older eggs for hard boiled because they work better for peeling in my experience. The eggs I used here were all less than two weeks from lay date. I will try some of my other peeling methods later and report ;~)) Got to guitar, girl is out of house ;~))

I've been two weeks out from my next lay date for years now.


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