Just curious - what is average age of store eggs?

[Mac in Wisco]

317th day of the year. I guess for 2008 that would be Nov 12th.

 

[Reinbeau]

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November 13 is the 317th day of the year.

 

[Mahonri]

Ya learns something new every day.

 

[debilorrah]

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It's called the Juliene date......

 

[Mac in Wisco]

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It's called the Juliene date......

Julian date...

 

[Cats Critters]

I've heard that they can 6 months old before going to the store

 

[Mac in Wisco]

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No, cold storage is fairly expensive and commercial hens lay year round. It's a continual process of moving the eggs to the market so they can be consumed, why would they store them for that long?

 

[Cats Critters]

I thick what that means (from the people I heard it from) that's how long there aloud to keep them before sending them to the store. But they maybe wrong.

 

[Mac in Wisco]

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There are some USDA guidelines but are doubt they are that long. I recently purchased a place with a 2500 hen layer flock. It is leased out until this summer when I take possession. The eggs are picked up by the distributor once a week and even with that small flock (by commercial standards) it is over 1000 dozen eggs a week. That is just from one small operation. Add to that dozens and dozens of farms serviced by the packing and distribution facility and they sort, wash, and pack 10's of thousands dozen eggs a week. They continually move them to market to fill demand.