HOT weather eggs

kellystew1010

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Apr 29, 2023
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It's was in the upper 90s for two days, but has cooled off into the 60s (MN summer...haha). Found a pile that can't be older than a week of secrecy. With the hot weather, think the ones that were laid earlier are still good? Thanks!
 
Open them and see what they look like or if they smell. Since they haven't been washed, they still have the cuticle (bloom) on them. That is protection from bacterial incursion. If the yolks are runny, they won't make good eating whether they are safe or not.
commercial eggs due to washing, wouldn't survive those conditions.
I've been to a fair number of small stores in countries in the tropics that sell eggs and they aren't refrigerated but sit on store shelves. The stores aren't refrigerated either and they are hot inside.

If you have a rooster, they will have started developing. Cell division begins just below 85F It will suspend at night but resume during the day till the embryo fails.
You are lucky. It doesn't even drop out of the 80s here at night.
 
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