How long for eggs to go off

[Annecyinyourpantsy]

I've stupidly left eggs in the cupboard of house we are selling and probably won't get a chance to go back for at least 4 weeks. How long before they start stinking? Hate to think of estate agent taking someone in for viewing and house stinking but it's at least a 6 hour drive away for us!

[hellhasnofurylikeahungrywoman]

They won't stink in their shells.

[Mrsmorton]

At least 4 weeks depending on freshness when you bought them. And as pp said, they don't smell til you crack them when you will know in no uncertain terms that they're off.

[BikeRunSki]

They can be fine for months.

[Annecyinyourpantsy]

Oh thank God! Was thinking I was going to have to do a 12 hour trip to get them. Thanks everyone. Another problem MN could solve that Google couldn't.

[hellhasnofurylikeahungrywoman]

Just don't break them open she says from bitter experience, ds once smuggled in a swan's egg he'd found floating on the lake. He dropped it as soon as he got in the house. Boy did it stink but only once it broke

[candykane25]

And just in case you want to know without breaking them, if you were to retrieve them, pop them in a bowl of water. Floaters bad, sinkers good.