How long do fresh eggs stay fresh?

[User395221]

If anyone's interested, I used some old eggs the other day. They were absolutely fine. They've been in the fridge for AGES (months, not weeks). I cracked each separately before using, none was spoilt.

 

[mamatink7]

I did fresh test on several today (the water in cylinder) and every one of them measured to be the freshest eggs possible!! I didn't try the today eggs, did a couple from last wk.
Just another proof of having freshest eggs possible

 

[chickcraze]

Not at all an expert here, but friends told me that in Europe eggs are stored and sold unrefrigerated, that as long as they aren't washed first they'll keep well at room temp. Apparently, washing removes a protective coating.

 

[Joshua Ruiz]

I read you can keep eggs to eat 5 wks

If bought from a grocery store

 

[Diannastarr]

your eggs are safe, if handled safly, but if your worried do the float test , if your egg is floating , and you still need to use it , open it and smell as long as it smells good , its ok , ive done this hundreds of times, but mostly after doing that check I would fry the egg and feed them back to my hens,like I do with most of the broken or cracked eggs, its good for them , but now that its raining every day here in AZ, and my hens are free ranging they do get bit of mud on some eggs and I use my home made colloidal silver water in a spray bottle to wash off the mud with that & a clean cloth , then I quickly place that egg in the refrigerator, the good part about using colloidal silver to clean off your eggs is that no germ or virus can live in the presents of colloidal silver...! and its safe for any living thing to ingest , except for fish. I bought a colloidal silver generator with many extras it come with , its a kit on e bay the sellers were great and are in AZ the cost was 60.00 and change, with free shipping and they will help you with any questions , very nice people …! if I can find their ad & if any one is interested I will post that buying info , I use my home made colloidal silver for every thing, disinfection my whole home / kitchen & bath and on my skin for cuts and so forth, & on my birds and spray it on my plants to help keep bugs away , and I also give it away to help others stay safe from germs.!!!

 

[Diannastarr]

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I looked up the USDA rules once...

An egg producer has 30 days to get an egg to the store. It's usually done within 15, but they have up to 30.

Eggs can be sold as fresh up to 60 days after they were laid. The sooner the producer gets the eggs to the store, the longer they can be kept on sale. But, the sell-by date cannot exceed 45 days.

Once you buy the eggs, you can then keep them in your fridge for another 30 days.

A commercial egg carton is stamped with a number representing the day of the year the eggs were packed into it (1-366). It's also stamped with the sell-by date. I'm looking at a carton I just pulled off the stack that says "322", which is Nov 18, and "Dec 16".

As for your own eggs, a hen will lay eggs until she feels she has enough. This can be a week or more. She doesn't keep them in a fridge all that time. The embryos in the eggs just sit around doing nothing, waiting. Once she starts to sit on them, the temperature goes up to about 100 degrees and the embryo starts to develop. It will take a few days of incubating to see something happening in the egg.

So, my practice is to collect eggs once a day. We've only had chooks a year now, so we haven't missed any eggs yet. If we were to find a missed egg, I would crack it in a mug and check it out. If it seemed fine, I wouldn't have any problem cooking and eating it.

read in our local paper a few months ago here in AZ that the grosser has new rules that extend the sell by dates for a lot longer then in the past..? how much longer im not sure , but maybe its different for every state..?

 

[Diannastarr]

If bought from a grocery store

I read that most grocerie stores can sell eggs up to 5 months old if under refrigeration..?????? hmmmm ..?? so whats the real skinny on that kind of info.....?????

 

[chickengeorgeto]

My wife wanted me to find out about this. We started rasing chickens to sell the eggs. How long do theses eggs stay fresh?

With the water glassing you can eat or keep eggs 12 months old or older.

It was very common that people did this back in the days of Free Ranging Poultry.

BTW. Like Nemo said, it is against Federal Law to sell in interstate commerce any egg that is 30 days or more days old.

Egg brokers used this method to preserve eggs back in the day when during the holidays there was a shortage of fresh eggs, especially eggs used for baking.

This lady is a first class dense when she tries to explain what Hydrated Lime is. Water glass is sodium silicate, it is not Hydrated Lime and it never has been.

You can also use lard to keep eggs freshish for months, especially when using refrigeration to go along with the Hydrated Lime, Water Glass, or a nice thick layer of lard or pig oil.

 

[catd717]

Do I fridge fresh eggs right away?

 

[CountryChic63]

With the water glassing you can eat or keep eggs 12 months old or older.

It was very common that people did this back in the days of Free Ranging Poultry.

BTW. Like Nemo said, it is against Federal Law to sell in interstate commerce any egg that is 30 days or more days old.

Egg brokers used this method to preserve eggs back in the day when during the holidays there was a shortage of fresh eggs, especially eggs used for baking.

This lady is a first class dense when she tries to explain what Hydrated Lime is. Water glass is sodium silicate, it is not Hydrated Lime and it never has been.

You can also use lard to keep eggs freshish for months, especially when using refrigeration to go along with the Hydrated Lime, Water Glass, or a nice thick layer of lard or pig oil.

Yeah, I saw this video several months ago and bought the hydrated lime. I had 5 dozen eggs in the bucket and tried a few after the eggs were only in the solution for 5 months....So Nasty Smelling when cracked open, but I boiled a few and the smell went away.
Are these eggs safe to bake with, and can I feed them to my new baby chicks? Thanks ~~