Found 73 eggs!!

[Nommie Bringer-Uvda-Noms]

I strongly suspect I'll find a little treasure trove at some point, too - hopefully long before there's a 73 egg stockpile!. One of my 5 girls went broody, and suddenly, our egg production went from 4 or 5 a day down to 2 or 3! Somebody is seriously slacking - or hiding a nest elsewhere. The 'holy-poop-cakes' thing is... we're on 29 mostly wooded acres they have free reign over, (only about 10 acres they don't *usually* venture to) and they could be ANYWHERE!!

 

[seraphine]

HOW DO I FIND MY STASH OF EGGS. I've looked everywhere I can on my 1/3rd acre... I know they are out there somewhere and not in my coops. SUGGESTIONS PLEASE

 

[lavacaw]

I would fill a large pot with warm water and place the eggs in - the bad ones will float. Boil the rest, keep what you want and feed the rest to dogs or chickens. No need to waste them all!

 

[ChocolateWingTheRooster]

HOW DO I FIND MY STASH OF EGGS. I've looked everywhere I can on my 1/3rd acre... I know they are out there somewhere and not in my coops. SUGGESTIONS PLEASE

Look in a safe, secluded spot you'd least expect. I found these while looking for a kitten...

 

[bfc chicks]

I am kinda still in shock... Probably will just give them to the cats and chickens, as both really like eggs...

But here’s the thing I was wondering about... how long have my chickens been laying here!? Only three chickens were involved in this!

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Count and divide by 3 still may have some to hatch if rooster was present.

 

[Red Star 2019]

Don't give them to the chickens to eat, you will cause them to start breaking the other eggs in the nest and eating them. Some maybe rotten, so just throw them out. Apparently, your chickens are running loose with no enclosed yard, time to put a yard fence up.

 

[Zigmont]

Eggs can last a long time in cool weather, but I agree with BigBlue, and NanaCat, proceed with caution and maybe cook for the flock!

 

[Stormer04]

I would look up how to test if the egg is bad or not. I believe u drop them in a cup of water and depending on how/if they float will tell you if they are good or bad.
Just a thought proceed at your own risk

 

[Jeddice]

We've found ten or so behind a hay bale when I was a kid but this tops it! What a find!

There is that egg holder thingy that you can crack the egg into it and make hardboiled eggs without the effort of peeling. I saw it on an infomercial

pain in the butt to use, my son says I’m a sucker for gadgets.

 

[Jeddice]

There is also that asian thing where they put a bunch of eggs in a tube and cook them together as a big "hard boiled" egg...

Another gadget?