MysteryChicken's, Flock.

[MysteryChicken]

I tried to explain to her what the float test only tells you, & her response when I brought up the moisture loss, was "It means they're old."
So, yeah she's not gonna listen to real knowledge on the subject.

 

[BlindLemonChicken]

Ugh that would make me uptight.

 

[NatJ]

I tried to explain to her what the float test only tells you, & her response when I brought up the moisture loss, was "It means they're old."
So, yeah she's not gonna listen to real knowledge on the subject.

She is sort-of right: larger air cell makes them float, and larger air cell usually is found in older eggs.

I agree it doesn't tell anything about whether the egg is rotten or safe to eat, and it only gives a guess about how old the eggs are.

If you really want to try to prove something to her, maybe try having you or her write the date on each egg the day it is collected, then after a while try float testing those dated eggs. If she writes the dates and she floats the eggs, it may be more convincing.

On the other hand, if she does not want to learn anything more on the subject, she can continue to give perfectly good eggs to your chickens. I don't see many downsides to that either.