What should I do with this batch of pullet eggs?

[flockmomma]

My pullets, the oldest batch of whom is 17.5 weeks old (four RSL pullets), just started laying. We found our first eggs on Sunday out in our garage. Good thing we finished building our barn on the same day. Today, my son found one of the RSLs around a hillside near the garage, and he found her leaving her spot where she was laying her eggs. She was laying her eggs under a large rock ledge, a pretty good spot actually.

The question is, what should I do with the eggs? Are they safe to eat? Should I just take them out to the coop and use them to hopefully get more of the hens to lay in the nestboxes?

And on that note, any tips on getting pullets to actually lay in nestboxes? So far, it is all happening on the floor of the coop, behind a bucket in the garage, or on the hill near the garage?

 

[five is my dog]

put golf balls in the nest boxes to show where to lay eggs and make sure they see them. and yes you can eat them

 

[flockmomma]

Thanks. I was pretty sure the eggs would be okay, considering that they are from first time layers, so young that those eggs had to have been laid in the last few days. I am a bit of a worrier when it comes to food safety, especially when it comes to meat, eggs, and dairy.

Would ceramic eggs work? I have some sturdy ceramic eggs in my craft supplies, I am pretty sure.

 

[five is my dog]

yes golfballs work good too!