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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 165295" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>You can always make fake eggs for her maybe next spring, see how she goes. But remember, a lot of commercial chooks have broodiness bred out of them.</p><p></p><p>UNless the eggs have been sitting in the sun, they could well be useable. Maybe not poached or fried, but certainly would be worth cracking into a cup to see if they're OK before putting them in a cake, or scrambled eggs.</p><p></p><p>We also do the float test (on eggs we don't want to put under a broody hen). If the egg floats high, then chances are it's no good. Fresh new-laid eggs sink almost to the bottom, and shop-bought eggs will float but only a little of the egg peeps above the surface of the water. So unless the egg floats with about half or more out of the water, it's worth cracking to check. They have to be really far gone to smell appalling. So if it doesn't float too high, if when cracked open it doesn't really stink, if it looks OK and isn't a weird colour like curdled milk - then it's perfectly OK to use.</p><p></p><p>We date eggs when they are laid. If I don't know when it was laid (say, if I find a nest which has about two dozen eggs in it, hidden under a bush then I tend to go by feel. Old eggs float because they lose water through the porous shell, and therefore also lose weight. So weighing them, often by feel in your hand, can give you a clue as to whether they're really old, or moderately fresh. If they've been out in the rain they often have leaf stains on the shell (and can still be perfectly OK).</p><p></p><p>If I'm not going to put them under a broody, I do the float test on found eggs and then date them, but with a question mark to let me know they were found on that date, so their age is unknown.</p><p></p><p>A nest with 2 dozen eggs can be all from one hen (in which case, chances are some of the oldest will be not so good) or from a number of hens all with the same idea.</p><p></p><p>I've kept eggs for well over a month or more, and still been able to use them, no worries. And I'm fussy about how my food looks and tastes.</p><p></p><p>Part of growing up post-Depression and having to never waste anything. We even dry the egg shells and feed them back to the chooks! Or use them in the garden, as the half-shell, to ward off Cabbage White butterflies.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 165295, member: 1991"] You can always make fake eggs for her maybe next spring, see how she goes. But remember, a lot of commercial chooks have broodiness bred out of them. UNless the eggs have been sitting in the sun, they could well be useable. Maybe not poached or fried, but certainly would be worth cracking into a cup to see if they're OK before putting them in a cake, or scrambled eggs. We also do the float test (on eggs we don't want to put under a broody hen). If the egg floats high, then chances are it's no good. Fresh new-laid eggs sink almost to the bottom, and shop-bought eggs will float but only a little of the egg peeps above the surface of the water. So unless the egg floats with about half or more out of the water, it's worth cracking to check. They have to be really far gone to smell appalling. So if it doesn't float too high, if when cracked open it doesn't really stink, if it looks OK and isn't a weird colour like curdled milk - then it's perfectly OK to use. We date eggs when they are laid. If I don't know when it was laid (say, if I find a nest which has about two dozen eggs in it, hidden under a bush then I tend to go by feel. Old eggs float because they lose water through the porous shell, and therefore also lose weight. So weighing them, often by feel in your hand, can give you a clue as to whether they're really old, or moderately fresh. If they've been out in the rain they often have leaf stains on the shell (and can still be perfectly OK). If I'm not going to put them under a broody, I do the float test on found eggs and then date them, but with a question mark to let me know they were found on that date, so their age is unknown. A nest with 2 dozen eggs can be all from one hen (in which case, chances are some of the oldest will be not so good) or from a number of hens all with the same idea. I've kept eggs for well over a month or more, and still been able to use them, no worries. And I'm fussy about how my food looks and tastes. Part of growing up post-Depression and having to never waste anything. We even dry the egg shells and feed them back to the chooks! Or use them in the garden, as the half-shell, to ward off Cabbage White butterflies. Marg [/QUOTE]
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