time limit on eggs in refrig.

[jfoley]

how long can you keep eggs in a frig. at 40deg. so they will be safe to eat.

 

[Celtic Chick]

I've read 3 months, or longer if they have higher humidity.
I think I read it in Storey's Guide To Raising Chickens.

 

[gardener17]

I just came in to find out the same thing

 

[aggie9296]

I've heard as long as 7-8 months. Just crack into a bowl first for no surprises!

 

[littlegorb]

do a float test if in doubt of an egg's "ripeness". if it floats in water, it's bad.

 

[ChickensAreSweet]

We consume our eggs within a month ourselves. But I wash my eggs before they go in the refrigerator, which washes off the bloom. I just like to do it that way.

 

[A.T. Hagan]

The longest I've kept eggs in the fridge and still eaten them was four months. I think Mother Earth News made it to six months in the experimentation they did.

The eggs will be thin and watery and with huge air cells but they were still safe to eat.

But do crack each on into a bowl first. No point in losing the entire thing because one of them went bad.