Are frozen quail or chicken eggs still good?

[GrammaJan]

I have quail laying eggs either during the night or very early in the morning. The temps here in Mich. have been in the teens overnight and it appears that some of the eggs are freezing. We check for eggs at morning feed at 5:30, again during the day and at evening feed at 5 p.m. Are the ones that freeze still OK to eat?

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Yes
If they're frozen, I move them to the freezer and don't thaw them till I'm ready to use them.

 

[N F C]

Being in FL, I don't have any experience with frozen/freezing eggs but I do want to welcome you here!

 

[sunflour]

so glad you have joined us. I'm in Georgia and have never dealt with frozen chicken eggs, but seems the smaller quail eggs would freeze so much quicker.

Here's a thread on the issue: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/732187/freezing-eggs

 

[Michael OShay]

Welcome to BYC. Glad you decided to join our flock. Yes, you can thaw them (assuming they don't crack open) and eat them afterward. ) If you haven't done so already, definitely check out our Learning Center at https://www.backyardchickens.com/atype/1/Learning_Center. There is lots of useful information there. Please feel free to ask any questions you may have. We are here to help in any way we can. Cheers.

 

[GrammaJan]

Welcome to BYC. Glad you decided to join our flock. Yes, you can thaw them (assuming they don't crack open) and eat them afterward. ) If you haven't done so already, definitely check out our Learning Center at https://www.backyardchickens.com/atype/1/Learning_Center. There is lots of useful information there. Please feel free to ask any questions you may have. We are here to help in any way we can. Cheers.    

Thanks so much! It is great to have so many awesome resources to tap in to.

 

[Michael OShay]

Thanks so much! It is great to have so many awesome resources to tap in to.

You're welcome.

 

[drumstick diva]

If they don't crack - I would think it's okay to use them.

 

[BantamFan4Life]

Welcome to BYC! I'm glad you joined us!

 

[trailrider330]

Welcome to the BYC flock! We are glad you joined us!

I am also in MI and know exactly what you are talking about. When we have cracked eggs, I always worry about bacteria getting into the egg so those eggs always go to the dog or get cooked up and fed back to the chickens.