When you start out raising chickens for eggs, you are happy to have the few eggs every morning. Especially if you only have a few birds. If you keep at it, like we have done over the years a time will come when you have way more eggs than you can consume. After storing your eggs, do you know how to tell if your eggs are still fresh or not?
Even though eggs can be found in many different colors and sizes, this test should still work for most of them. You should really only test the eggs that you are about to cook or use, especially if these are eggs that you have collected from your coop. Exposure to water may compromise the ‘bloom’ that protects the egg, and therefore it may begin to lose its freshness. If you are only going to be testing one or two egg, then you can just use a mug instead of a large bowl.
Here’s What You’ll Need:
- eggs
- large bowl or glass mug
- water
The Egg Freshness Test:
Step 1.
Fill your bowl or mug with water.
Step 2.
Drop your egg(s) into the bowl of water.
The Egg Freshness Test Results:
FRESH – Your egg(s) sink to the bottom of the bowl and lays flat
FAIRLY FRESH – Your egg(s) bob upwards a bit, they are about a week old.
GOING BAD – Your egg(s) stands on its small end, they are about 3 weeks old.
GONE BAD – Your egg(s) float to the surface, they have gone bad – do not eat!
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