Keeping track of fresh eggs

[blueseal]

i number my cartons as i fill them with a sharpie firt dozen would be a 1, next dozen a 2 and so on and i sell the lowest number first. works good i always sell the oldest first.

 

[HEChicken]

Wow, thanks for all the great ideas - a few things I never thought of. I look forward to the day I have enough to have the full carton's stacked in the fridge....

 

[Cookies-Chickens2004]

I have 30 hens and get about a dozen a day. It's winter here in Ohio and they've just started laying again since cold days and molting seems to be over. I will start selling in the spring, but I wanted to find an easy way to track my eggs. I put them in a large basket on the counter and when the basket is full usually in a few days I wash the eggs and put them in the cartons. I don't see myself writing dates on each egg so I've been dating the cartons. Is this the best way to track eggs freshness? Recently my brother visited and I gave him a few dozen eggs. He texted me a few days later and said the eggs were off. He said they tasted "gamey." I wasn't quite sure what he meant, but I told him that it could be since it's been so cold the eggs could be freezing and thawing in the coop overnight. The other thing is he's never had farm fresh eggs before and they are much better than store bought eggs. I know the eggs were fresh because I had just washed and cartoned them the day before. Any thoughts?