question about eggs

[luluann]

OK so I have 3 hens loose on the yard. They have a giant barn to go in. I figured they would lay in the barn. I was wrong. Well I found a nest today. It had 10 egg. My hens laid every day before they were turned loose. Should I toss them or are they still edible?

 

[Megan Amber]

Well I could be wrong but when we free ranged our chickens and found large nests of eggs we always floated them in water. If they float or stand on end then they are bad. But the other thing to consider is how hot was it when they were out?

 

[Chick_In_The_Burbs]

Float test them. In a cup or bowl of water good eggs will sink. Bad eggs will float. If they sink but the tip touches while the rest is raised it is still good.

 

[ericmcginn5]

i personly would not eat them but you can try to add some hay to the barn to help get the eggs in there also dipens how cold its been outside. i live in florida and wont eat them in the summer if they have been out for more than a day.

 

[luluann]

I completely forgot the float test. I live in Tennessee and we have not had weather over 68 maybe the highest

 

[Megan Amber]

Oh yeah then float test it is and there probably all fine! Boun appetito!

 

[luluann]

I sat them in water and they all stayed at the bottom!!

 

[Megan Amber]

Yipeee!!!! Good News!!

 

[luluann]

I am so glade I found them. She had been singing the egg song for a few days and I keep telling dbf she's laying some where. We looked a few days and found nothing. He came to the conclusion she was just singing. I told him no she's laying some where. But I found them. He is out of town. Wait till he hears it. Gonna say told you so!! She is the only one who sings the song. I have some hens in a pen with a rooster and 2 have been laying but one only sings. Its weird.