Rotten egg exploded under hen Day 16

[BenP]

I have a Buff Brahma bantam hen sitting on eggs, this morning i noticed the smell and she was sitting beside the eggs. Turns out one of the eggs was rotten and broke, the eggs surrounding that one got partially covered, I removed the broken egg and raplaced the nesting material. I wiped the others best i could at the time to get her back on the eggs. She immediately went back on them. Question is should be taking those eggs and washing them or leave them?

 

[Kwimmer78]

This has happened before with my chickens, normally I try to take them out as soon as I find them, but you hens will actually eat the rotten egg or a good egg that simply breaks. They won't always full eat the egg, so I would try to replace the pine shavings shortly after. If you are taking out the dirty eggs to wash them, I would wash them but not put them back in the coop. Chickens aren't really picky about how clean their living space is. I would consider getting fake eggs. I use three which work really well that I clean every month or so.