How long can a fresh laid egg be unfrigerated and be safe to eat?

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Hi Booker81! I found the experiment with the 60 dozen eggs fascinating reading! I'm one who always thought I needed to use eggs within 7 days of purchasing them or getting
them fresh from the chickens. What an eye-opening-experience to read that room temperature eggs that were unwashed, still had the bloom on them, were still good to eat after several months!
I do like your suggestion to "practice with any egg, no matter what, to crack it into a separate bowl every time before adding it to the dish". I watch the celebrity cooks on the Food Network shows do that and wondered why they were taking the extra step. Now I know. Thanks for your posting, Booker81!

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Hi Wendy! I've been hoping to find a distributor in the U.S. instead of England to order the egg-skelter from. But to no avail. I did read one posting where an interested buyer was disappointed that she couldn't use PayPal but was told that they've been seen on eBay where you can use PayPal and the arrival time might be faster if it's beings shipped from
the U.S. and not overseas.

I've been told that feeding the hens egg shells can make them become egg eaters. I was told to never feed my hens eggs or egg shells.

Wow I didn't know you didn't need to refrigerate eggs. Thank for sharing.

Raggedyroad said:

I've been told that feeding the hens egg shells can make them become egg eater.  I was told to never feed my hens eggs or egg shells.

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Yes you can feed your chicken their egg shell, I accumulate them in a container on the counter or refrigerator. Once I have enough I stick them in the oven for 5-10 min then let it cool, crushed them and either mix them w/ their food or just toss them in their run to scratch. By doing that they don't recognize that it was eggs shell. Hope this will help you.

Raggedyroad said:

I've been told that feeding the hens egg shells can make them become egg eaters. I was told to never feed my hens eggs or egg shells.

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Urban myth...and I do mean urban. Out in the rural parts we just feed them the shells raw and freshly cracked from making breakfast. I've never had an "egg-eater" in the last 40 yrs, though at certain times of years any chicken in the flock will eat an egg that has been broken in the nest...that's natural and desired to keep the nests clean.

No need to cook them, crush, them or anything else...just feed them back, the fresher the better. I've even thrown eggs to the chickens in all these years, yolk and all, and let them eat them and still never had an "egg eater".

Beekissed said:

Urban myth...and I do mean urban.  Out in the rural parts we just feed them the shells raw and freshly cracked from making breakfast.  I've never had an "egg-eater" in the last 40 yrs, though at certain times of years any chicken in the flock will eat an egg that has been broken in the nest...that's natural and desired to keep the nests clean. 

No need to cook them, crush, them or anything else...just feed them back, the fresher the better.   I've even thrown eggs to the chickens in all these years, yolk and all, and let them eat them and still never had an "egg eater". 

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Same noticed here. My birds will eat only weak shelled or broken eggs. They won't purposely Crack an egg to eat it.

Nice to know that. I have been drying their shells which is kind of a pain. Just one more little thing to add to the already long list of little things to do that as you know add up to a lot by the end of the day.

We bought layer food for them in pellet form. They've only ever eaten crumble to this point (age 5.5 months). It's only been a week since I mixed in the pellets with the crumble and they're still not eating it. They are free range and have nice firm shells so we probably didn't need the layer feed. We bought pellets this time to avoid as much waste as possible. But if they won't eat it we have accomplished the opposite. We are obviously new to this.

Sorry, jumping in to ask -- how long will eggs stay in the refrigerator? I put mine there because I don't really have counter space. I looked through this thread and if anyone posted about this I must have missed it.

Thanks.

MaLoTu said:

Sorry, jumping in to ask -- how long will eggs stay in the refrigerator? I put mine there because I don't really have counter space. I looked through this thread and if anyone posted about this I must have missed it.

Thanks.

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I've seen a test ( mother earth news) where I believe they quit eating them at 6 months. They lose some quality, but weren't rotten.

They were testing various methods of storing and only stopped because all the other methods had gotten inedible at that point.

Just what I remember.

MaLoTu said:

Sorry, jumping in to ask -- how long will eggs stay in the refrigerator? I put mine there because I don't really have counter space. I looked through this thread and if anyone posted about this I must have missed it.

Thanks.

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Consider just how old refrigerated grocery store eggs. They are usually about a month old by the time you buy them at the store. Refrigerated eggs are fine to eat for about 4 or 5 months.