lou-lou Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 Hi Went to put my 4 bantams away tonight, and found my first egg laid just inside eglu on bars, hope this is not a silly question but how long are eggs " fresh" for? regards lou-lou Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Chick Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 Congratulations Eggs are usually fresh for around 3 weeks. However, if you are unsure, put the egg in a glass of water, if it floats its off, if it sits on the bottom put points up best to eat it straight away, if it sits on the bottom it is super fresh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chucky1 Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 Congrats LoyLou - there's nothing quite like the first one. I hope you enjoy it. I'd guess and it is a guess (from looking at supermarket sell by dates) about three weeks. Though over six months or so of chicken keeping we haven't had an egg longer than 6 days. There is a good test in the omlet literature that comes with the house. If you put the egg in a glass of water, then: - sinks to the bottom, its fresh as ... - sinks to about midway, its a couple of days old - floats, it's rotten apparently it relies on the amount of gas in the air sac. Good luck Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lou-lou Posted December 4, 2009 Author Share Posted December 4, 2009 Thank you Space Chick and Chucky1 for such a quick reply, ever since i got them at the start of september my husband has asked, (every day!) Any eggs?, one finally lays and he is working away in Russia,so i want to keep it to show him the first of many i hope Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 Congratulations and well done that chicken! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken Shirl Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 Congratulations Nothing like the excitment of that first egg. Here's to many more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lavenders_Blue Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 I'm sure I read somewhere that if you are selling eggs you should put a use by date of 28 days after laying on the box (presumably from the date of the oldest egg, rather than labelling each egg individually!). But I would agree that the glass of water test will give you a more accurate indication of freshness as 28 days seems an awfully long time to me... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 Congratulations and at this time of year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docsquid Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 Well done those bantams! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
