waterglass and eggs

I store my eggs in the hens, but have heard that waterglass is the preferred method for long term out of hen storage. I've never had to store long so other than a basket on the countertop, I've not done anything else.

It'll be interesting to read of your experiment. Keep us posted on how it goes.

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Forerunner,
Thanks for your compliments. I tell people I've thought outside the box for so long that I couldn't tell you what the inside of one looks like.
I'm just enough in town where I can't keep chickens, so direct "production" is not an option, but I am close enough to the country to get some fresh eggs.
What got me into this idea was remembering that waterglass was used in an old "survival" story to store eggs, and I knew from my lab days how to produce waterglass. Right now I am working the steps and checking the cost.It's hinging now on how much waterglass is produced from the sand/lye mix. The estimate so far is 1/2 gal of water glass for $10 worth of raw materials.
A lot of my lab work was in production enviorments, so I am using the same test , then mass production method.
If you are interested in my lye production, go to the soapmaking topic as I have just posted the step by step instructions.
Wood ash is great, but it still needs lime to really get the lye from it, and not all of us are where there may be wood ash at the moment.
But please keep contributing your thoughts and ideas. No ONE of us is as knowledgable as all of us together

I've run into a bit of a moral dilemma in the process of getting this together.
The creation of the waterglass appears to be a bit of a tricky procedure that might be too dangerous for the average person to try.
I feel I have a responsiblity not to lead anyone into a situation that has a hazard for them. Yet I did want to share the process with you.
My solution is to tell you where you might be able to read up on the step by step procedure. After that, it's on you .
The egg tests will go on, however as soon as I can produce enough waterglass. I picked up 4 great sealable glass jars at a store here just for that purpose.
You will find the procedure in an old book called "The Golden Book of Chemical experiments". The book can be gotten as a DVD on ebay for $8. The information and procedure is found on page 55, BUT heating lye is VERY dangerous so I refer you to the water
(steam) bath shown on pg.95 to heat the mix for waterglass. If you use sand instead of silicon dioxide, use 3 times as much.
For me, as soon as I can find the time I will be setting up the steam bath for a small sample test. I picked up an excellent 1 qt glass baking bowl for when I go to 16 oz production. I estimate I will need 24 oz of waterglass for 6 eggs in the 1 qt jars.
I hope no one is disappointed, but I need to be responisble with this knowledge and keep things SAFE

UPDATE
I think I made the right choice...LOL.. Even under controled conditons I've lost one glass container full of the mix when it broke apart while heating and ruined two shirts when the lye mix splashed on me ( old junk shirts). I did have my face shield on.
I am supsecting this sand may not be the best for this. But I have 8 other things I have to do with getting the house ready for fall/winter. So I will get to this as I can. I will keep you all posted.