Egg Question

[GuineaLady93]

Ok, lets say one of my chickens lays an egg in the morning and I go get it and bring it in, how long can the egg sit on the counter before it goes bad?

 

[lolita117]

2 weeks. Egg can keep up to 2 weeks at room temperature.

But more realistically speaking. Sometimes I go collect my eggs and don't actually put them in the fridge until the next day. So if you are leaving it out for a couple of hours it wouldn't hurt. Now for hot hot summer days I would leave my eggs out in that heat for a full 24 hours but a few hours doesn't hurt. My chickens lay most of their eggs by noon and sometimes I don't go collect them until 5 and sometimes don't put them up until the next day. I leave them on my counter top in the house.

 

[GA_in_GA]

Ok, lets say one of my chickens lays an egg in the morning and I go get it and bring it in, how long can the egg sit on the counter before it goes bad?

It won't go bad for weeks. But in the US, most folks put them in the fridge. Just let it cool off, before putting in the refrigerator.

 

[KrisH]

Before washing, several weeks (I see you are in NC and generally the temps arent in the 90+ range too often) or assuming you use air conditioning)

If you wash them, Refrigerate innediately.

RobertH