Eggs found in the yard!

[Molly Desimone]

All my chickens are free range during the day, and I recently found an area under a tree with 10 eggs in it! I have no idea how long they have been there, but my young chickens just started laying not even 3 months ago, so they cant be older than Im assuming 6 weeks, probably not even that long. Considering they have been outside and through a wide range of temperatures, should I keep them or toss? Thanks so much, Im a new chicken mom!

 

[Gray Farms]

Toss em. Better safe than sorry. Could boil them and chop them up and feed it to them.

 

[KateGoad]

Yeah, I just found a cache of 2 dozen eggs. Dang, all those lovely eggs. We're going to see if they're fresh, and feed the less fresh ones to the birds.

 

[karenerwin]

All my chickens are free range during the day, and I recently found an area under a tree with 10 eggs in it! I have no idea how long they have been there, but my young chickens just started laying not even 3 months ago, so they cant be older than Im assuming 6 weeks, probably not even that long. Considering they have been outside and through a wide range of temperatures, should I keep them or toss? Thanks so much, Im a new chicken mom!

You could float test them to see if they are any good. But if you are in doubt, the best bet would be to throw them out. Better than making your family sick. Plus, the chickens will be happy to eat them for you!

 

[Smuvers Farm]

You could float test them to see if they are any good. But if you are in doubt, the best bet would be to throw them out. Better than making your family sick. Plus, the chickens will be happy to eat them for you!

x2!!!

 

[KateGoad]

All 24 of our eggs went directly to the bottom. Half were on edge, so we'll use those first and give the newest ones to our neighbors.