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[MarkBevBen]

Probably a really daft question , but we're new to owning chickens only taking delivery of our three ladies next week.

 

Just wondering once our lovely chicks start laying, how long will the eggs last for?

[beach chick]

kept at room temp, I think up to 3 weeks. the ones you buy off the supermarket shelves are 3 weeks old, and then they keep for a couple of weeks I think.

 

however, once you get your own, you will be eating them fresh fresh fresh!! tip tho - if you want to hardboil them or make meringues, hang on to them for a couple of weeks and they will be much better.

[Christian]

As a general rule, 4 weeks out of the fridge, 5 weeks in. Mine never last that long

[Sue]

Hi - Easily a few weeks in the fridge.

 

Being an aficionado I only eat a boiled egg if it has been laid that day (preferably within an hour or so), though not all people nowadays seem to know what a "new laid egg" should taste like - then as they stay in the fridge they are suitable for frying, then probably cakes followed by mayonnaise, then general cooking moussakas etc.

 

You can save eggs using Isinglass for several months, and I used to regularly keep the spring flush of eggs for Christmas baking.

 

The thicker and stronger the shell the longer it will last. The eggs which have a grainy surface or thin shelled eggs will not last long as the bacteria have an easier time getting in, and cracked egg should never be kept.

 

Enjoy your chickens and your eggs, you will have so much fun you will be amazed

 

All the best

Sue

[MarkBevBen]

kept at room temp, I think up to 3 weeks. the ones you buy off the supermarket shelves are 3 weeks old, and then they keep for a couple of weeks I think.

 

however, once you get your own, you will be eating them fresh fresh fresh!! tip tho - if you want to hardboil them or make meringues, hang on to them for a couple of weeks and they will be much better.

 

 

Thanks Beach Chick.

 

I'm a bit confuddled (doesn't take much ) are you saying the eggs our hens will lay should be kept upto 3 weeks? But the supermarket ones are already 3 weeks old and having been kept for a few extra weeks too, so upto say 5/6 weeks?

 

I don't normally keep eggs in the fridge, but in the cupboard.

 

Thanks for the tip re boiling and meringues - I'm looking forward to doing lots of baking/cooking once our ladies start giving us lots of eggies!

[MarkBevBen]

As a general rule, 4 weeks out of the fridge, 5 weeks in. Mine never last that long

 

 

Thanks Christian, that seems a good rule of thumb

 

I don't normally keep eggs in the fridge at the moment.

 

Which is better for freshly laid ones?

[MarkBevBen]

Hi - Easily a few weeks in the fridge.

 

Being an aficionado I only eat a boiled egg if it has been laid that day (preferably within an hour or so), though not all people nowadays seem to know what a "new laid egg" should taste like - then as they stay in the fridge they are suitable for frying, then probably cakes followed by mayonnaise, then general cooking moussakas etc.

 

You can save eggs using Isinglass for several months, and I used to regularly keep the spring flush of eggs for Christmas baking.

 

The thicker and stronger the shell the longer it will last. The eggs which have a grainy surface or thin shelled eggs will not last long as the bacteria have an easier time getting in, and cracked egg should never be kept.

 

Enjoy your chickens and your eggs, you will have so much fun you will be amazed

 

All the best

Sue

 

 

Thanks Sue - how do you mean, what should they taste like?

 

We're certainly looking forward to our eggies for sure - think it's going to be totally different

 

At the minute we get eggs from our farm butcher, presuming they'll (hopefully) be from hens who are nicely looked after and they do taste lovely

[chicken bark]

I keep mine in the fridge but soon I will be getting an egg skelter and so I'll keep them out of the fridge then.

 

One thing to note when you get your hens is the yolk colour - it may be paler in pullets but as they get into it and eat their greens the yolks will become darker and even more yummy.

[MarkBevBen]

I keep mine in the fridge but soon I will be getting an egg skelter and so I'll keep them out of the fridge then.

 

One thing to note when you get your hens is the yolk colour - it may be paler in pullets but as they get into it and eat their greens the yolks will become darker and even more yummy.

 

 

Oooh that sounds fun Chicken Bark, an Egg Skelter - is this something you're getting from Omlet?

 

I'm going to sound really dim here (again), but what do you mean by paler in pullets?

[Dizzy-Deb]

I have ordered a skelter from Omlet as well as some netting so can fence a section of the garden off.

 

Looking forward to receiving my skelter, it sounds like fun way to keep the eggs and know the one at bottom is oldest. Had another two eggs today from my clever girls.

[chicken bark]

 

Oooh that sounds fun Chicken Bark, an Egg Skelter - is this something you're getting from Omlet?

 

I think my OH is ordering me one from FlytessoFancy but it looks the same as the Omlet one.

 

I'm going to sound really dim here (again), but what do you mean by paler in pullets?

 

When a hen starts laying their yolks may be a pale yellow. I think when they eat the layers pellets and greens you give them (or the grass you may have) then the yolks get darker. I shouldn't worry about that too much - I've only noticed it in a couple of my hens. The eggs will be delicious.

[ISCA]

I love my egg skelter, which I got direct from the designer who first made them:

 

http://www.egg-skelter.co.uk/

 

My eggs never last longer than a week and we have 5 layers currently out of 6. They are far too tasty not to eat vert soon after they are laid

[MarkBevBen]

I have ordered a skelter from Omlet as well as some netting so can fence a section of the garden off.

 

Looking forward to receiving my skelter, it sounds like fun way to keep the eggs and know the one at bottom is oldest. Had another two eggs today from my clever girls.

 

 

I've seen them now Deb, they look ace!

[MarkBevBen]

I love my egg skelter, which I got direct from the designer who first made them:

 

http://www.egg-skelter.co.uk/

 

My eggs never last longer than a week and we have 5 layers currently out of 6. They are far too tasty not to eat vert soon after they are laid

 

 

Wholeheartedly agree ISCA!

[MarkBevBen]

 

Oooh that sounds fun Chicken Bark, an Egg Skelter - is this something you're getting from Omlet?

 

I think my OH is ordering me one from FlytessoFancy but it looks the same as the Omlet one.

 

I'm going to sound really dim here (again), but what do you mean by paler in pullets?

 

When a hen starts laying their yolks may be a pale yellow. I think when they eat the layers pellets and greens you give them (or the grass you may have) then the yolks get darker. I shouldn't worry about that too much - I've only noticed it in a couple of my hens. The eggs will be delicious.

 

 

Now that our lovely ladies have been laying for a few days, I know just what you mean CB, thanks for that hun! xxx