I do both, I keep 6 out and the rest stay in the fridge.

Not in the fridge....they're not refridgerated in shops for a good reason....cos they're not mean to be.

Then why do fridges have egg 'compartments'?

who knows??...maybe for the millions that wrongly keep their eggs in the fridge...though my fridge doesn't have one.

In a bowl on the kitchen counter...
was told they crack & break easier if refridgerated...dunno how true that is though!

Mine doesn't have one! my eggs are in egg boxes in a cupboard.... not in the fridge!! I keep 6 chickens for their eggs ,42 a week until they moult!

What is it about hens that they have this ability to start such debates?

I keep mine in the fridge - mainly because I have nice tidy egg compartment!   I don't think it's so much that they're not refrigerated in shops because they're not MEANT to be really - more because they don't HAVE to be?  I think the biggest problem with keeping them in the fridge is they're more likely to crack if you bring them to the boil quickly.    Then again - I'm not known for my culinary expertise!

It is true....

I keep mine in the fridge, and take out a couple of hours before I need them.

Always keep my husbands eggs ( I don't eat the nasty things!!) at room temperature, mostly on top of the fridge.

I sleep with the Peregrine Falcons 

Oh gosh I do have a filthy mind Hahahaha

I keep mine in a little wire chicken shaped basket on top of my bread bin.

Dunno..have never put em in the fridge...but my eggs hardly ever break when I cook em....
Course could be that I is a good cook!......or just lucky!

When I was typing it I thought how rude does it sound!!

In da fridge.

In the fridge, and let them warm to room temperature if l am going to boil them.

but I kept mine out once and they started to smell fishy

Am hardcore me....from the fridge into the water to boil!

me too.......then let em have a hernia as they hit the boiling water
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In a cool place pussycat.  In the kitchen.  But defo in the fridge if it is over 25 degrees outside. 

Mine stay in the fridge but like Mary S I take them out to get them to room temp an hour or so before if I need them

I have to keep mine in the fridge, my house is like an oven which shortens how long they will stay fresh....

Hi Cheeky thats probably why mine went fishy, my kitchen is always boiling

in me Fallopians

LOL pussycat.    Yes I thin once it gets warmish like over 22/23 degrees C, they need to go in the fridge.

On the kitchen side!

Well my eggs are in my ovaries They can't get anywhere else though as I aint got no feckin tubes!

Other eggs in the cupboard never in the fridge

Pantry shelf... just below normal room temperature...   i.e. a cool place.

I think the most important thing is to keep them at a fairly constant temperature... so on the windowsill where they get warm in the sunlight and then cold again at night is not a good idea.

In the fridge, not for any reason other than habit.

in the fridge is the correct way to store eggs in your home. The reason they are not stored in fridges at the shops is because shops have constant temperatures. Our homes become too hot & too cold at times & this is not good for eggs

Really?   **removes assorted eggs from about her person**

I keep them in my kitchen cupboard. It's never that warm in there anyway. The cupboard is against an outside wall and near a window.

Well somebody ought to come and tell my refridgerated eggs that, I have to attack some witha chain saw!

I keep mine in the bread bin

I keep them on the worktop in the egg keeping thing, apparently they last longer and taste better when not kept in the fridge!

Reference: KaffyBaffy
Just so! NOT being in a fridge does not necessarily imply that refrigeration is wrong, all that can br deduced from that is that it is not a necessary requirement. Eggs last longer when refrigerated.
I keep them in the fridge and depending on what I am using them for, sometimes take them out in advance to bring them to room temperature first.

If boiling them I take them from the fridge, place them in a pan which I fill with COLD water and add salt immediately. The salt in the water does more to prevent cracking than the temperature of the egg. If they are heated too quickly they will crack. No matter WHAT the starting temperature was.

At the min I haven't got any and very rarely buy them these days. Consequently when I fancy one I haven't got any in  but when I do have them they stay in the kitchen cupboard on the wall. That said, my fridge does have an egg compartment

in the fridge, cos i have a nice little rack for them in there...and no bloody room anywhere else...no other reason

Eggs crack and break the older they get, if you are boiling them don't fully submerse them, leave part out of the water and they won't break....