How long can you store eggs?

I think the ones you buy in the store are close to 5ish weeks old...

 

Last week I visited my mom and her store bought eggs were laid June 15 and June 18, and didn't expire until end of August. So I think you'd be ok with 5 weeks

 

From Mother Earth News:

"Eggs refrigerated in a sealed container will last for about seven months. Their whites may become somewhat runny but smell and taste will remain good. Start with the freshest eggs available, of course, and don't wash the bloom off - that will increase the porosity of the shell."

 

We try to use up eggs within a months time. Anything that is 4 weeks we hard boil.

Quality deminishes as time goes on. So the fresher the better.

We usually don't have the problem of old eggs in the frig. I usually have to stash a dozen so we can get hard boiled eggs.

 

Many many years ago my grandmother raised fryers and eggs for a large company. She had a big building we called the egg house and it was for nothing but flats of eggs until the truck picked them up. None of the egg crates were dated. The egg house had lots of eggs in it before the truck arrived. The egg house only had open vents in to of the walls for keeping anything cool. No refridgeration. So the ones in the store are probably lots older than you want to know. Of course grandma had her farm back in the 60's and I'm sure things have improved.

 

Ive heard that an egg ages more in 1 week sitting on a counter, than 1 day in the fridge.