Storing Eggs in the Old Days 

Both of mine died by time I was eleven and I didn't live near them. I would have loved to talk with them.

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+richard rhodes what kind of chickens do you have that lay like that? and in what state?

im in WNC and i have wellsumers and leghorns

+richard rhodes how do you deal with the rats since they are attracted to the chicken feed?...thx

cats and snakes! so never been a problem

Sherrcon Feed les amounts a time, clean the coup regulairly and keep the food in a sealed container. You'd have a lot less of the critters keep it clean is the key. Also a farmcat may help yes.

According to the experts canned pickled eggs are not safe. I dont believ this but thats what they say. i have pickled eggs and kept them on the shelf for up to 3 or 4 mos no problems. But here again the so called experts say that canned pickled eggs have to refrigerated due to botulism poisoning.

Butter will work fine but will also go rancid. Use mineral oil and it will last much longer.

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+Jumpoff A First off, it is waterglass (NOT "clearglass"). Baby oil has several other ingredients, which makes it unfit for human consumption. Therefore only food grade mineral oil should be used. Yes, some oil soaks into the egg, which is part of why I quit using it. That, plus it is more expensive than other methods and it is so thin you have to submerge the eggs. With other oils I only coated them. The whole point is to provide a barrier to air with its oxygen, bacteria, fungi, etc.

NEVER use QUICK lime with food!! Mixing QUICK lime aka Calcium Oxide (CaO) with water is one way we make CAUSTIC POISONOUS lye for soap. For food, use slaked, hydrated or pickling lime - Calcium Hydroxide Ca(OH)2. Around here slaked lime is hard to find, hydrated lime is common and cheap, pickling lime is common and very expensive. You should have used "or" in place of "and" when you listed waterglass, food grade mineral oil OR hydrated lime. Cool and dry doesn't hurt but isn't necessary unless you intend to store for more than six months. I once kept five dozen store bought (washed and refrigerated) eggs in canola oil in the van I was living in that summer. Highs in the low 90sF. Ate the last of those eggs 6-1/2 months later. Point down and stacking don't matter at all in my experience, though some say it helps by keeping the yolk away from the shell. FWIW, I've been storing eggs at room temperature for many years.

+Phoenix502 Floaters are not necessarily bad. Floating only means some air got in. That does not mean the eggs have gone bad. Crack them open individually to see (and smell!!) if they actually have gone bad. Most floaters are still good to eat.

I have been storing eggs coated with canola oil or food grade mineral oil at room temperature for up to six months for many years. Keeping them in the fridge as you do would be even safer. This is the first I have heard about our skin oils affecting the eggs. Do you have any sources I can look up? Thanks!

+duxdawg When we first did this the oily skin i have left spots open that would not be covered by the oil. This is why i say this can make them ify lol. Once i noticed that my finger prints was still there an not covered by the oil made us change our method the floaters was the ones with my big finger prints on them lol and now we don't have that prob anymore. We have now run some out to 8 all most 9 months just as a test only had 3 that was floaters. So far we are healthy and have had no crazy side effects. I hope this helps, Be safe an be well.