What to do with old eggs??

[50-45-1]

I sell eggs, i donate eggs, and when i get a backlog, i also have eggs i wold not give away due to there age.
When i get enough of Those, i break in a small bowl one by one, (very seldom do i find a bad one) and i make an angel food cake. Then with the yolks i make custard. My family loves it!
If handled right, eggs keep for a long time.

 

[Compost King]

I make Maggot farms out of old eggs.
Warning Maggot farms stink, but chickens will feast on the maggots that fall out of them.

This is Justin Rhodes and his Maggot Dispenser. I really like his videos.
If I am not certain if they are bad I just feed them to chickens or other pets, if they are rotten the animals won't eat them and then shovel it up or pour it out of the pie pan feeder into the Maggot farm. Mostly the maggot farm eggs I use are from the ones that failed to hatch from the incubator.

 

[Chickassan]

If they aren't too old make quiche. That is what happens here quiche week!

 

[Lady of McCamley]

My neighbors wife was sick and he had to be at the hospital with her. He had an abundance of eggs he gave me to try to get rid of for him. I had about 4 dozen left that have been setting in my fridge. I floated them and ended up with about 1 1/2 - 2 dozen that floated. What can I do with these eggs? Anything?....cook and feed them to my dogs or back to my birds, throw them away? I would hate for them to go to waste if there is something I can do with them.

@LulaBell
Your question is excellent...just how old can an egg get?

Amazingly, I've read from several sources that the average age of a store bought egg is 6 to 7 weeks (or about 45 days). Industry (in most states) requires that eggs be boxed and shipped to market within 30 days (or 4 weeks).

Then of course there is shipping, stocking, handling, the time adds up.

But how long can an egg remain safe? If stored in the fridge a very long time, up to almost 6 months.

Mother Earth News did a careful experiment to discover the best ways to store excess eggs. As you can see, eggs can last an amazingly long time considering how they are stored. Even when nothing is done, 90 days is still "safe" though perhaps not "desirable."

So, my question is, how old are your "old" eggs. What was storage like with the previous owner? As @lazy gardener has suggested, the float test can give a false negative if the air cell is simply large enough to float the egg.

I like the idea of using questionable eggs for feed for the birds or animals.

My thoughts.
LofMc

https://www.motherearthnews.com/real-food/how-to-store-fresh-eggs-zmaz77ndzgoe#axzz2wLLhdBnZ

 

[lazy gardener]

I make Maggot farms out of old eggs.
Warning Maggot farms stink, but chickens will feast on the maggots that fall out of them.

This is Justin Rhodes and his Maggot Dispenser. I really like his videos.
If I am not certain if they are bad I just feed them to chickens or other pets, if they are rotten the animals won't eat them and then shovel it up or pour it out of the pie pan feeder into the Maggot farm. Mostly the maggot farm eggs I use are from the ones that failed to hatch from the incubator.

Yes, this can be done. Harvey Ussery was using road kill to provide maggots for his birds, until the sad day when he lost a number of birds to botulism.

 

[Folly's place]

Botulism is a very real risk, definitely not worth it! And I can't imagine actually treating a chicken who's affected, either.
My plan for questionable eggs is to put them in the garbage. It's unlikely that the OP has really old eggs, but who knows?
Mary

 

[MissChick@dee]

He never said they weren't suitable for consumption, he just didn't know what to do with the abundance of eggs that he has! He could crack one of the floaters and if it's rancid, then yeah, I would suggest just throwing it away.... but if it's still good, why not donate it to those that can use it?!



-*Waits for an apology*-

You slay me dude!

 

[lazy gardener]

Any eggs that I don't deem appropriate to eat, and find questionable even for animal feed get buried in an out of the way spot in the garden or yard.

 

[MissChick@dee]

This is dedicated to you Shamo...zoom in lol

 

[mmcraig70]

Your chickens (or dogs for that matter) will love you for scrambling them and serving them for their breakfast. Interesting idea to boil them and use the food processor! Hadn't thought of that.