Farm fresh eggs: good to bad ratio

[CS1983]

We received a gift of 30 eggs from a single man with too many chickens to eat all the eggs they produce.

Of the 30, only 17 were good via the water test method.

Is this a normal ratio? I'd like to pay him in the future, but would need to gauge good/bad ratios to offer him a fair price, while also factoring the price per egg risk with bad ones.

[DFBrews]

We received a gift of 30 eggs from a single man with too many chickens to eat all the eggs they produce.

Of the 30, only 17 were good via the water test method.

Is this a normal ratio? I'd like to pay him in the future, but would need to gauge good/bad ratios to offer him a fair price, while also factoring the price per egg risk with bad ones.

He gave you the oldest ones To keep the rotation going if you pay him request fresher Ones

[whitewalrus]

He gave you the oldest ones To keep the rotation going if you pay him request fresher Ones

This would be my assumption, when getting them from a friend of mine from time to time, they all are good.

[Jer]

We received a gift of 30 eggs from a single man with too many chickens to eat all the eggs they produce.

Of the 30, only 17 were good via the water test method.

Is this a normal ratio? I'd like to pay him in the future, but would need to gauge good/bad ratios to offer him a fair price, while also factoring the price per egg risk with bad ones.

Open the ones that don't pass the water test method and see if they're good. If not, it's pretty obvious. I've had pretty good luck with even eggs that fail that test be just fine. I had one bad one though and I didn't find out until I cracked it into a hot pan and it was black.... needless to say, I wish I hadn't discovered that it was rotten as it hit the hot pan.

[CS1983]

Thanks for the replies guys. I won’t complain to him since they were free. Just wasn’t sure if that’s a common ratio for non-store bought eggs.

[tmjohnson]

So how old does an egg have to be before it goes bad?

[Jer]

So how old does an egg have to be before it goes bad?

I've eaten store-bought eggs months past the expiration. Your success rate will rapidly plummet the further away from that date you get however, obviously.

[kidicarus13]

I've eaten store-bought eggs months past the expiration.

Same

[DFBrews]

Thanks for the replies guys. I won’t complain to him since they were free. Just wasn’t sure if that’s a common ratio for non-store bought eggs.

I have never had a bad egg from my hens Though we eat Enough that the oldest are 5-6 weeks old at most. We refrigerate unwashed

[rondog]

One thing I learned from my mom at a young age was to always crack my eggs into a bowl, never into the skillet - to avoid surprises.....