Should I stock pile eggs?

[Sunshine Flock]

This is totally amazing to me. I had no clue you could store eggs for so long.

This would be even more amazing if I had eggs to store. My hens are eight months old and have been molting. I wasn't expecting this my first year.

 

[rookhomestead]

This is totally amazing to me. I had no clue you could store eggs for so long.

This would be even more amazing if I had eggs to store. My hens are eight months old and have been molting. I wasn't expecting this my first year.

Wow, do you know for a fact they're only 8 months? Half my flock are About 1 and 1/2 yr. And they've been taking turns molting the last couple months. My March clutch is not. I guess anything's possible. Maybe it's the breed? Mine are mutts so I don't know if that's a factor.

 

[aart]

Wow, do you know for a fact they're only 8 months?

Not unprecedented(tho it stinks!) for younger birds to molt their first fall.

 

[Windus]

I would be careful with the protein. I had a recent post about chickens dying unexpectedly and everyone on here kindly helped me. In the end my chickens were not getting enough protein for the winter/molting and were actually malnourished. After adjusting their feed and adding foods with protein, I have not lost another chicken thankfully. My uncle just delivered a bucket of fish guts for them to keep that protein up. I had to take my off their treat of cracked corn. Just sharing what was shared with me.

My birds are free range, they get plenty of protein with bugs, etc.

 

[NevilChick]

I know you can refrigerate eggs for extended length of time. I took some out last night to scramble and I always crack one at a time in a cup. Several of them were brownish looking (yolk) and seemed tough. I was wondering if anyone had any ideas on this. They weren't in the fridge more than two weeks at the very longest. I have not gotten into a habit of marking eggs for eating, but I only have two hens laying so I know where they came from. I can't remember if I had them in one refrigerator before moving them in or not. Point is....I can't pinpoint the reason for the eggs to be like this.

 

[rookhomestead]

Just before my birds slacked off, I had a lot of odd colored yolks, brownish I guess. We ate them anyway because I knew they were fresh out of the hen. Are they free range? I just assumed it was whatever they were foraging on.

 

[NevilChick]

Just before my birds slacked off, I had a lot of odd colored yolks, brownish I guess. We ate them anyway because I knew they were fresh out of the hen. Are they free range? I just assumed it was whatever they were foraging on.

I do let them out every day so that may have been what it was. I bought a thermometer yesterday to put in the outdoor refrigerator to try and keep the temp where it needs to be. Thank you for your help.