Hi y’all!

[Bevbialas]

My chickens are 18 1/2 weeks and I have one who has started laying every day. I have put her first six eggs in the refrigerator, not knowing how long it will take for the other girls to start laying. My question is, can I take those first six eggs out of the refrigerator and store them on the counter? I plan on storing them on the counter once they all start laying. Thanks for any feedback that you can offer.

 

[muddy75]

 

[Jener8or]

Hello! The only risk from taking them from the fridge back out to the counter, in my opinion, would be forming condensation where bacteria could potentially grow. I would recommend just keeping those in the fridge, (but the risk of them being harmful if you eat them within a reasonable time after them being in the fridge and taking them out and storing them on the counter, is probably fairly low.)

I keep mine on the counter. They will last longer if you refrigerate them, but choose one or the other is the recommended advice I've seen.

Congrats on your first eggs!

Thanks for joining and welcome to BackYard Chickens.

 

[Bevbialas]

Hello! The only risk from taking it from the fridge back out to the counter, in my opinion, would be forming condensation where bacteria could potentially grow. I would recommend just keeping those in the fridge, (but the risk of them being harmful if you eat them within a reasonable time after them being in the fridge and taking them out and storing them on the counter, is probably fairly low.)

I keep mine on the counter. They will last longer if you refrigerate them, but choose one or the other is the recommended advice I've seen.

Congrats on your first eggs!

Thanks for joining and welcome to BackYard Chickens.

I kind of thought that would be the case. Thank you for your reply!!

 

[DobieLover]

Hello and welcome to BYC! Glad you joined.

I don't see why you wouldn't just eat those six eggs and then start storing them on the counter going forward.

 

[Bsmac]

Hello! Welcome to BYC! X2 on eating those then store them on the counter!

 

[sourland]

Hello, and welcome to BYC. Omelets for supper.

 

[Bevbialas]

Yummy idea!

 

[Knobby]

I had my first eggs bronzed, and now displayed on a shelf in my library, along with my kids' first booties. All kidding aside,

 

[N F C]

Hi, personally, I'd eat the eggs in the fridge and then keep succeeding eggs on the counter. Congrats on getting your first eggs!