OMGoodness..WHAT IS THIS!

[EggSighted4Life]

I am interested in the science behind that statement as it is counter to the information that I have seen.

Yes, I love to see scientific support for statement made!

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3931881/

Again my statement is NOT about bacteria... which was shown to be no different... it about quality... how high the yolk stands and such.

 

[Bettyboop7499]

I always crack my eggs in a separate bowl before using just in case, even with store eggs, you never know.

YES, I've always done this. I've never seen anything like this one! Is it just rotten or ?

 

[Bettyboop7499]

AS far as I'm concerned... the float test is MOSTLY checking the size of the air cell that has developed. Though rotten ones should be putting off more gasses and floating higher like yours did. Otherwise, they should all have a little floating direction where the air cell is IMO.

Refrigerate them eggs!

Listen, while it is OK to leave eggs at room temp... the fact of the matter is they age an equivalent of 1 week per day on the counter compared to in the fridge. It SERIOUSLY impact the quality of egg within... the yolk and the white become runny. The whole point of having our own eggs aside from knowing how the birds were treated is to have fresh eggs that far surpass supermarket. In my fridge I have eaten eggs that were 6 months old and STILL on par with store eggs.

I have had some that were stored out on the counter for long periods of time... without turning... OK, back peddling here just a bit... left out long enough there is a lot of evaporation that actually makes the internal eggs thicker and sometimes the yolk will stick to the shell.

I think storing eggs on the counter is a novelty for chicken owners. If they aren't being eaten that day or very soon, I NOW choose to refrigerate. I NEVER EVER wash them, the bloom helps keep them fresher, longer.

The eggs I left out for long periods... the only ones that got rotten were ones that had their shell compromised in some way. A crack or toe nail poke... but I'm sure there could be porousness that effects it.

Wow..yeah so the whole you can leave out an unwashed egg is pretty much awash for me now! I recall it as a child farm eggs were left out and always crack in a bowl not directly into recipe! But..they were probably eaten quicker than three weeks...so leason learned!

 

[Bettyboop7499]

Wow, you dodged a bullet! That one was about to blow.

Luckily I always open in a bowl and not my pan or recipe! I was just shocked at how bad so it must of been cracked that I didn't see I surely never smelled UNTIL..

 

[Bettyboop7499]

It is actually illegal to sell washed/refrigerated eggs in Europe. The intent of the law is to enforce their rules about animal husbandry. Europe has more stringent rules on how laying hens are housed than the US does. Therefore, laying hens in the US have a higher likelihood of being exposed to salmonella since they are often raised in crowded conditions.

If your egg nests are clean and the hens live in clean conditions, then washing and refrigerating eggs is not needed. You can if you want, but it is not needed. If you have eggs that are dirty and you wash them, then it is recommended that you refrigerate them. Once and egg has been refrigerated, then it needs to stay refrigerated until it is used.

So this is exactly what I've heard...but this egg must of had air exposed-something because I only have four hens sharing two clean nest boxes with mixture of hay and shavings and seven total in a clean coup that is basically only used for sleeping and laying.

 

[New2Chicks97]

Gross! It reminds me of when I was a kid. We had geese and ducks that we didn't really do anything with the eggs......so if they weren't sat on after a while they got rotten. Sometimes my brother would think it was great fun to start an egg war and throw the rotten eggs at me while I went out to feed. Some of those were really gross! Gotta love ornery little brothers.

 

[Bettyboop7499]

Yes, I love to see scientific support for statement made!

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3931881/

Again my statement is NOT about bacteria... which was shown to be no different... it about quality... how high the yolk stands and such.

Ok..I tried but could you be a little more specific maybe which page of the 18 page scientific equations that has this info because I'm not a scientist

 

[Folly's place]

That was one awful egg!
Mary

 

[Folly's place]

I had poultry science and microbiology in college, and am very happy to wash and refrigerate eggs daily here. Anything with a damaged shell gets thrown out, or any eggs that I find in a hidden nest.
And I crack each egg in a separate dish before using it.
I don't candle my eggs, or float test them, or store them on the counter. Happily, I have a refrigerator, and there's always room in there for eggs!
I don't crave a return to 'the good old days', and old canning methods either.
Mary

 

[BYC910]

@EggSighted4Life if you could, would you post a link to the research that says eggs deteriorate at a rate equivalent to 1 week per day if left un-refrigerated. I am interested in the science behind that statement as it is counter to the information that I have seen.

I didn't know I getting in on a science lecture Simply put eggs kept at the more constant temperature of refrigeration, Keep better and longer than those stored at room temperature . Now without much science .Eggs are porous. Since room temperatures aren't constant the eggs goes through a ballooning effect . An expansion and contraction kind of thing . Also a kiln effect comes into play. It is really quiet simple . When the temperature in a room increases , the pours in the egg get bigger . Then as the temperature and humidity deceases it takes liquid from the egg and the air volume inside the eggs grows . In a float test a fresh egg will lay flat on the bottom . As the air cell grows the egg will tend to rise a little higher on the air cell end, and will stand and little by little float . If it floats vertical you know it has a very large air cell . If it floats horizontal toss it . In very warm conditions it can happen in a week . It happens slower in the refrigerator but it still happens .

YES, I've always done this. I've never seen anything like this one! Is it just rotten or ?

You sure it wasn't hiding some where ?

Wow..yeah so the whole you can leave out an unwashed egg is pretty much awash for me now! I recall it as a child farm eggs were left out and always crack in a bowl not directly into recipe! But..they were probably eaten quicker than three weeks...so leason learned!

So keep doing that . No matter the age, I always break farm eggs in a bowl . And those horizontal floaters I like to throw at the compost pile for a pop test .I never open a egg that floats . When I hear it pop I know I was right not to