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I do not wash eggs and I leave them on the counter for up to 3 weeks with no problem. There are several excellent articles and posts on BYC about egg storage. Some refrigerate, some do not. I don't because I get too many eggs and I do not see the need.I have fresh eggs, when I collect them can I leave them on the counter and if so how long are they good for, or do they need to be refrigerated?
as salmonella is in the poop and not in the bloom and a clean looking egg is a safe egg
Oh man thanks for the info! See now this is why I love this website, so much help offered kindly and freely.Salmonella can be present in the poop on the egg as mentioned, but can also be INSIDE the egg because the infection is in the ovaries. So, a very clean egg or a well washed egg could still harbor Salmonella. Luckily, while Salmonella is common, and affects several types of animals, not all chickens have Salmonella.
Link from 2010 with simple explanation of Salmonella:
https://www.livescience.com/10016-salmonella-eggs.html
Key quotes from above link:
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Oh man thanks for the info! See now this is why I love this website, so much help offered kindly and freely.
I'll have to Google it but I really appreciate the links, I'm sure I'll find the answer but it's worth asking here first: can you tell if a hen is sick with infection like that?
I would think it's a hard infection to know about unless it's raging, but that's just an uneducated assumption on my part. So she can lay both contaminated and uncontaminated eggs... So that's why there's nuked eggs on the market! Man so much to Google, thank you Acre4Me for that correction my friend, I try very hard to keep my flock healthy and the results on my table nothing but a benefit.
Thank you so much for the reply and info. I leave them on the counter lol and I do not wash them. We get a ton of eggs, usually eat them within a week or two so they aren’t on the counter long. it’s so fun! The kids love collecting them! Thanks again!I do not wash eggs and I leave them on the counter for up to 3 weeks with no problem. There are several excellent articles and posts on BYC about egg storage. Some refrigerate, some do not. I don't because I get too many eggs and I do not see the need.
It is really up to you to decide what you are comfortable doing.
Enjoy all those wonderful eggs!