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How to Date Chicken Eggs and Store Them by Type

Off Grid Living – How to Date Chicken
Eggs and Store Them by Date and Type

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Off Grid Living – How to Date Chicken Eggs and Store Them by Date and Type

How to Date Chicken Eggs and Store Them by Date and Type

Hawaii – Do you have some renegade free range hens that like to lay eggs anywhere except their nesting boxes?

One of the frustrating things about finding piles of eggs in corners and under bushes on your property is that you have no idea how long they have been there. Are they fresh, a couple of days old or have they been there for weeks??

Here are some pictures that will show you some strategies to determine their age and put them in order so that you eat/sell them in the right order.  We also have some cool ways to store them in the refrigerator so that you can use/sell them in order of their laying date.

Or if you have a lot of different types of hens, how to sort the eggs by type and store them in color-coded, dated bins in the fridge.

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How to Build Chicken Nesting Boxes So That Eggs Roll Out Automatically

Off Grid Living – How to Build Chicken Nesting
Boxes so that Eggs Roll Out Automatically

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Off Grid Living – How to Build Chicken Nesting Boxes so that Eggs Roll Out Automatically

How to Build Chicken Nesting Boxes so that Eggs Roll Out Automatically

OregonIf you’ve ever raised chickens, you know that walking into a chicken coop and shooing chickens out of the way can be a time consuming task.

But if you build your nests to tilt slightly forward or backwards, the eggs will roll out where they are easy to see and collect.

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