Laying in the woods

[Sofi]

Hi everyone!

I have two shamo hens in my flock. I thought they had stopped laying because I wasn’t finding any of their eggs in the coop. Today, I was walking around straightening their electric fence, and I bumped into a nest they had made in the woods! It had 12 eggs in it!

My question is, do you think these eggs are still safe to eat?

Thanks in advance

 

[Cheychey222]

NO DONT EAT THE EGGS!

 

[Cheychey222]

Ok so only god knows how long those eggs have been there, don’t eat them

 

[Cheychey222]

Although that is a nice nest they made.

 

[Cheychey222]

You might get sick if you eat them

 

[Sofi]

They started doing this about a week ago (which makes sense as there are 12 eggs and they lay each an egg a day). Temps have been low/rainy.. that’s why I was wondering. But yeah, better play it safe. Thank you!!!!

 

[Brahmachicken240]

If it’s only been a week they should be fine to eat.
if you don’t want to eat them yourself you could scramble them and feed them back to your flock.

 

[ValerieJ]

I found such a nest in my storage of straw one day. I did the float test and all the eggs were fine. Do you know about the float test? Rather than type it out, I found a link to read about it: https://www.fresheggsdaily.com/2012/10/the-float-test.html

 

[Cheychey222]

If it’s only been a week they should be fine to eat.
if you don’t want to eat them yourself you could scramble them and feed them back to your flock.

That’s what I do!

 

[Cheychey222]

In the summer any eggs that I find laying around that seem ok to eat I scramble and feed to my 9 chickens. And they love them!