I beleive personally that if you have fresh water everyday, fresh food, and the chickens are happy, that there will be no salmonella.
40 years ago (Before I was born), my parents used to eat farm eggs, and home made cheese, butter etc, and they never heard of salmonella, let alone got it.
Ive never had salmonella either. I think its all down to treating the chickens sensibly. The media tend to blow these kind of stories out of context and scare the public. thats the reality of it
I wouldnt have them tested unless i noticed something wrong with the eggs on a regular basis.
@Spiderplant - Small chewwy eggs do not sound normal, it sounds to me like they havent yet adapted to their new lifestyle and envioronment.
I wouldnt eat those eggs for at least 12-16 weeks after, until they have settled down.
I cant really say for certain as ive never had rescued chickens. But it just seems like common sense
I'll have to give my eggs away........in 7 days ive ended up with over 22 eggs. And weve eaten a load of eggs this week.
The good thing is that my dog "Gracie", loves scrambled egg, however we cant just feed her that.
My neighbour buys eggs but she buys the asda smart price eggs which are battery hen eggs. I could give her some eggs, at least then she wont buy them and that will help all round.