Finally found the eggs!

Should I keep the eggs?

  • Toss them

    Votes: 1 50.0%
  • Clean and use them

    Votes: 1 50.0%

  • Total voters
    2

tillyschick

Chirping
Feb 20, 2016
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For the last 3 days I've only gotten 1-3 eggs a day. It was very odd for having 7 layers. Well today I moved some hay and found a nest of 8 eggs. One was still warm from this morning. 1 was broken and the rest were fine but a little wet from the broken one. I'm washing them now but wondering if they are even ok to eat now. Should I just toss them?
 
3 day old, intact eggs should be safe to eat, and are likely higher quality than anything purchased at a grocery store. If they're older than that and/or have gone bad, you'll certainly know it when you crack one open!
If you still have any concerns despite the egg looking and smelling fine, just be sure to fully cook the yolk.
 
They should be just fine.
Wash thoroughly and refrigerate.
Open each one separately in a dish before adding to pan or recipe,
give a good look see and sniff before using.
If in doubt or uncomfortable, scramble up and feed them back to birds.

Lock birds up in coop and run to re-habituate to laying on coop nests.
Free range birds sometimes need to be 'trained'(or re-trained) to lay in the coop nests, especially new layers. Leaving them locked in the coop for 3-4 days (or longer) can help 'home' them to lay in the coop nests. Fake eggs/golf balls in the nests can help 'show' them were to lay. They can be confined to coop 24/7 for a few days to a week, or confine them at least until mid to late afternoon. You help them create a new habit and they will usually stick with it. ..at least for a good while, then repeat as necessary.
 

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