Author Topic: Duck eggs (Read 2655 times)

poppy · « **on:** October 22, 2009, 09:53:47 am »

Hi all,

My khaki campbells have started laying and I'm very excited. Just a quick question, how long will the eggs keep for and should they be refridgerated or not?

Poppy

jameslindsay · « **Reply #1 on:** October 22, 2009, 10:03:32 am »

I think it is personal choice whether you refrigerate eggs or not. My Kakhi Campbells are great layers. If you remember that that the eggs you buy in a supermarket can be upto 5 months old by the time they are eaten so hopefully this answers your question.

daniellestocks · « **Reply #2 on:** October 22, 2009, 10:49:06 am »

OMG, five months! I never knew that? You learn something new on here every day! I will soon be a fountain of knowledge, lol

jameslindsay · « **Reply #3 on:** October 22, 2009, 10:51:20 am »

Yeah, longer even if I remember. I was told that at Easter you can be eating an egg laid before Christmas.

gavo · « **Reply #4 on:** October 22, 2009, 01:18:02 pm »

Personally we never put eggs in the fridge it affects their texture, they tend to go a bit rubbery.Just store them in a ceramic dish.They should last you weeks but ours always get eaten very quickly almost straight out of the duck.

doganjo · « **Reply #5 on:** October 22, 2009, 03:59:18 pm »

I don't keep mine in the fridge either. Put them straight in cardboard egg boxes, then they get sold pretty quickly so are never older than a few days. I write the date on them in pencil.