Can I add eggs to my worm bin?

by Leah
(Panama City, FL)

I have many cartons of eggs from grocery store dumpster diving. So happy to see that I can use whole eggs in worm bins. I wanted to put them in my compost piles, but barely any info online about using whole eggs and no way am I going to extract the shell and go thru all that trouble.
Anyone else done that?

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Jul 09, 2024
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by: Stephan

Hello J Tan,

glad we could be of assistance.

Wishing you all the best for your worm composting project.

Kind regards

Stephan Kloppert
Author of "How to start a profitable worm business on a shoestring budget"

Editor of www.worm-composting-help.com
Jul 04, 2024
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by: J Tan

This is awesome! I have some raw eggs that are no longer good and thought the worms might like them. Thank you for answering that question. I'm always looking for ways to use every bit of composting materials possible.
Sep 19, 2022
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by: Stephan

Hello Leah,

thank you for your message. Yes, you can add whole eggs to your worm bins. Both raw and/or cooked eggs are generally fine.

Just keep in mind that compost worms don't have teeth and won't be easily able to crack the shells of the eggs. So in order for the worms to be able to easily get access to the egg white and the yolk it is best to just crack/smash the shells of the eggs before you add them to your worm bin. Just a small hole anywhere in the eggshell will be more than sufficient for worms to find their way to the tasty soft inner section of the eggs.

Please let us know how your worm composting project is going. I am sure this will encourage many other people in our worm composting community.

Kind regards

Stephan Kloppert

Author of "How to start a profitable worm business on a shoestring budget"

Editor of www.worm-composting-help.com

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