Egg safety question in very hot weather

[prairiepearls]

I've looked through the forum and not seen an answer to my exact question. I've read that unrefrigerated eggs several days old are perfectly safe to eat, but *how* unrefrigerated?

I found an egg this morning that I'm certain was laid two days ago. (Only one of our hens has started laying -- 4 days ago, and I can account for the other 3 eggs.)

We've had highs near 100 degrees the past few days, lows in the upper 70s. Is that too high a temp for the egg to be safe after two days? (not worried about quality loss, just safety.)

 

[booker81]

I'd float it and see if it sinks...if it does, I'd eat it - after cracking into a separate dish to make sure it looked and smelled fine.

 

[Cloverleaf Farm]

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x2!!

 

[blake101]

From what I have read you will be fine. If you bring them inside they will last up to 3 months unrefridgerated and up to 5 months refridgerated if you don't wash the Bloom off. A few days in the coop will not make a difference...Happy eating....

 

[Cloverleaf Farm]

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Are you sure you don't mean "weeks"? From what I've read on here, max time out of the fridge is a couple of weeks. I don't know about everyone else, but I don't keep eggs IN my fridge for more than 5-6 weeks, and certainly wouldn't think of eating one that had been in there for 5 months...

 

[booker81]

Actually, I've read the same. I've had eggs in the fridge for three months, sink tested them good, ate them with no effects. The water test hasn't failed me yet!

 

[blake101]

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Are you sure you don't mean "weeks"? From what I've read on here, max time out of the fridge is a couple of weeks. I don't know about everyone else, but I don't keep eggs IN my fridge for more than 5-6 weeks, and certainly wouldn't think of eating one that had been in there for 5 months...

What I read said months... I will try to find it and post the link...I was a little surprised. I believe the study was done by a college if I remember right. The bloom is the inportant part of it lasting, it need to stay on...

 

[Cloverleaf Farm]

weird...ya, I'd love to read the link!! Thanks!

 

[booker81]

http://www.motherearthnews.com/Sustainable-Farming/1977-11-01/Fresh-Eggs.aspx

Expeirment done in 1977, the takeaway is that unwashed, fertile eggs were edible at 7 months when kept sealed in the fridge and still going ( the article was published 7 months into the study).

Unrefrigerated, un"preserved" eggs were still good at 8 weeks, and edible at 12 weeks (bad by 16 weeks).

 

[Rohnasmom]

Wow interesting, good to know information on that subject, as my girls have occasionally dropped and egg in a new place and I didnt see it for a day...I always threw it out. Water testing to the rescue! Thanks guys and girls!