Chicken – Is two-month old eggs laid by backyard chicken still edible

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Someone gave me some eggs laid by his backyard chicken about two months ago. I left them in a regular egg container on my kitchen counter for about two months now. The room temperature ranges between 50 F degrees to high eighties. Are they still edible?

Best Answer

You can test an egg for its freshness by placing an egg in a bowl of water as seen here.

  • If the egg sinks to the bottom and lays on its side, it should be fresh and safe to eat.
  • If the egg sinks to the bottom and stands upright on one end, it should still be fine to eat.
  • If the egg floats to the top, it's not fresh but not necessarily unsafe to eat. In this case you should break open the egg shell and smell if there is an unpleasant odor see here. If there is an unpleasant odor, you shouldn't eat the egg.
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