What's your stance on storing eggs?

[galanie]

Mine go in the fridge. The few times one does have a spot of poo on it, I leave it there and wash it off just before I use it. Or just before I sell them. They keep for so long in the fridge, I see no reason to leave them out. Heck, my kitchen is so full of stuff there's no room to do that anyway!

 

[A.T. Hagan]

Everything gets washed. Everything is refrigerated. Only hatching eggs are sanitized though just before they go into the box.

 

[Yay Chicks!]

I only have four hens. I leave the eggs in a basket on the counter. They just don't last that long. When I have an extra dozen I put the newest ones in a carton and give them away. I have one hen that sometimes won't wait her turn for a nesting box and lays in the run. If it looks disgusting, then I wash it off, hard boil it and feed it back to them smashed up, shell and all.

 

[Noymira]

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Same here, my counter is too cluttered as it is! But if I've just brought them in, sometimes they'll sit on the counter a few hours until I get around to washing them and putting them in the fridge.

 

[pontoosuc]

I have a weekly rotation going on:

Beginning on Sunday the eggs for the week stay on the counter in a basket for personal use.
Earlier that same Sunday morning I take what we haven't used for the prior week and box them up for the refrigerator or to give/sell.
We usually have 4 dozen left over.

Anything dirty gets washed and hard boiled either for: people;dogs;chickens

I only have 15 chickens.