How to tell if an egg is good....

[Jen4]

I forgot is it ....
A egg is good if it sinks or floats?

 

[Phoenixxx]

Does it matter if you use cold water or warm water? I just went out & found 40 eggs & I thought that we only had 5-6 girls laying. We've got 9 more girls that should be close to start laying but I didn't think they were ready yet. We've been steadily getting 4 eggs per day out of the nesting boxes but this afternoon we saw one of the girls sneak in under the coop  through a storage door that had been left open so we looked under there to find a big pile of eggs. We retrieved all of them, brought them in & filled the sink up with plain tap water & not a single one floated. I'm just a little apprehensive here! Any suggestions? Thanks!

I've done the same thing, found a nest with a hoarde of eggs. I didn't even think about the water test so I just cracked each egg in a seperate dish prior to dumping into the frying pan. 9 were good, the other 2 were sketchy. Eggs will stay good for days outside (in my case, 9 or 10 days), by nature they have to. A mama hen won't sit full-time until she decides she has enough eggs under her; this could take more than a week if she has to lay them all by herself. Also, the cool night temperatures act like a natural fridge.

 

[scbatz33]

sinks....if it floats the air sac has grown due to evaporation....I think

 

[Jen4]

Thanks.... they eggs sunk so their good to eat

 

[Big Chicken Little]

Sinks

 

[al6517]

Sinks its good!!! just remember the air sack it's easy.

AL

 

[Jen4]

Thanks everybody...

 

[ChicoChickens]

I am so glad you asked this because I was just wondering about some eggs today and wasn't sure how to tell if they were still ok.

 

[bigscottk]

Does it matter if you use cold water or warm water? I just went out & found 40 eggs & I thought that we only had 5-6 girls laying. We've got 9 more girls that should be close to start laying but I didn't think they were ready yet. We've been steadily getting 4 eggs per day out of the nesting boxes but this afternoon we saw one of the girls sneak in under the coop through a storage door that had been left open so we looked under there to find a big pile of eggs. We retrieved all of them, brought them in & filled the sink up with plain tap water & not a single one floated. I'm just a little apprehensive here! Any suggestions? Thanks!

 

[leellac]

How did you know they were good by cracking them?