How long do eggs last?

[Judy]

Mother Earth News did a study on this. They found that unwashed fertile eggs stored at 35 to 40 degrees lasted 7 months in a sealed container.

 

[Ridgerunner]

Here's a link to the article Ddawn mentioned. It is remarkable how long they do keep.

Storing Eggs
http://www.motherearthnews.com/Sust...ggs-a-Year-or-More-Without-Refrigeration.aspx

The egg shell is porous. It has to be so the developing chick can breath. When you wash an egg in cold water, some of the water can enter the egg and carry bacteria with it. One of the tricks to overcome this is to wash the eggs in water that is at least 10 degrees warmer than the egg.

When you clean an egg, either by washing or by lightly sandpapering it, you take off the bloom, which is a coating on the egg to help prevent bacteria from entering. A washed egg will not store as long as an unwashed egg. So if you wash them, I'd suggest you also refrigerate them.

Egg safety is serious, so don't take this wrong, but I think either way works for almost all of us. Does it really matter if an egg lasts three months or four months if it is used within one month? I don't sell eggs, but I think I would wash them in warm water if they needed it or rub them off if that got them clean and tell my customers they have been cleaned so refrigerate them. They'll last as long as the ones you get at the store.

 

[conroy]

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I am gonna try that... I have been having peeling probs when making potato and egg salads

 

[mama2many]

Here is my million dollar or really 3 dollar question (the cost of purchasing a dozen eggs from egg producing friends.....). I have 7 hens laying and have been short on eggs for about 3 or 4 days. Only coming in with two, one is a bantam egg from another pen.....Couldn't figure out what the problem was.....well DH didn't count the black chicken hiding under the coop in the corner at night. She has gone broody and convinced her younger friends, most of them anyway that this dark damp place is the A+ nest box. I have almost a full dozen muddy 3 day old eggs that were drug from under the coop. I say they go to the dogs, DH I'm sure is going to say give them a rub and put them in a cake. Any votes???

 

[conroy]

I vote for the cake

 

[sunflowerenvy]

vote for dogs or give them back to chickens for food

 

[PunkinPeep]

about those boiled eggs

i read a tip on here somewhere - but i ended up doing it a little differently, and my 2 day old fresh eggs came out SO easy to peel

i just boiled the water first, then put my eggs in, when the water came back to a boil, i timed 17 minutes

then i poured off the hot water and put the eggs in the freezer to chill for a few minutes

they were AWESOME

i think i probably started with room temperature eggs, but i don't remember for sure.

 

[Beckymca]

Newbie here! Good post for me. One question. Do fertile eggs keep longer, taste any different or offer any additional benefit to unfertile eggs?

 

[PunkinPeep]

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the article that Ridgerunner linked to included fertile and infertile eggs in their study, and i believe that as far as freshness, it made no difference.

i would not expect it to make any difference as to taste either. I certainly haven't noticed any.

 

[nelgkel]

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I am gonna try that... I have been having peeling probs when making potato and egg salads

just wanted to share what I have learned to boil fresh eggs that make peeling the EASIEST I have EVER done. bring pot of water to boil lower eggs into water~boil for 12 to 14 minutes take out of water and rinse under cold water, when water warms up from eggs cooling replace with more cold water...your eggs will peel soooo easily!! I use fresh, room temperature eggs that I store on my counter and have no problems whatsoever.