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Aggggghhhhhh!!

Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2019 8:17 pm
by TomK
Geez..i can't win...i am woeking fairly close to home the last while and slip home for lunch..so I am here in the morning..here at lunch and here in the late afternoon..and the BCMs are laying and the eggs are freezing before i can get to them...this cold snap is aggravating and i have frozen ponds everywhere in my yard...the icw is incredible..i don't care if spring takes it's time getting here but this cold gets right in the bones...and today was exceptionally bitter for some reason...ugh.........

Re: Aggggghhhhhh!!

Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2019 8:38 pm
by Jaye
I know what you mean. And quail eggs freeze even faster than chicken eggs if that's any consolation. ;-)

Re: Aggggghhhhhh!!

Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2019 9:26 pm
by ross
Today here was a cold east lazy wind as Mom called it . To lazy to go around yu so it went right thru yu .
Playing hell on the arthritis. Luck

Re: Aggggghhhhhh!!

Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2019 6:15 am
by Blizblaz
Having the same problem with freezing! My girls just started laying again...Is there anything you can do with the eggs, or do you just toss them?

Re: Aggggghhhhhh!!

Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2019 6:29 am
by Killerbunny
If they aren't cracked I hardboil them.

Re: Aggggghhhhhh!!

Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2019 7:03 am
by Jaye
As @Killerbunny said, if they are cracked they get tossed. That's what we do here, but if they aren't cracked they get steamed. Or I wait until they're thawed, then they're scrambled and fed back to the birds.

Re: Aggggghhhhhh!!

Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2019 7:05 am
by Kbr42
Geez, I had my young hatch outside for 3 days...They were settling in with the big girls...then bam! -23 inside the house again......it's amazing how much poop 9 6 week old Silkies generate. 🤣

Re: Aggggghhhhhh!!

Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2019 9:09 am
by Ontario Chick
We don't seem to have any problem with eggs freezing, I think it's because there is enough birds and now mostly laying, the hens keep taking turns and keep the eggs warm.
And in the Ameraucana pen, 10 hens not laying, no problem eggs freezing at all ;)

Re: Aggggghhhhhh!!

Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2019 10:14 am
by WLLady
it takes 40 seconds for my lab to eat a non frozen egg and clean up the drips. it takes 2 minutes for him to eat a frozen cracked egg. his coat is nice and shiny. lol 3 frozen solid turkey eggs this morning. must have laid last night after dark! gah!

Re: Aggggghhhhhh!!

Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2019 10:42 am
by labradors
Too funny WLLady! I was going to suggest putting the frozen eggs in a baggie in the freezer and saving them for adding to doggie dinners, or even feeding them back to the chickens (after they have been cooked of course).

Linda