Can you freeze Fertile Pekin Chicken eggs?????????????????????????

My biology learnings theorizes that being frozen will cause the significant cell damage to the embyro, likely rendering it unable to develop. Cells lyse when they are frozen, since the water inside the cell crystallizes, causing it to burst. That is why frostbite results in dead tissue, the cells burst and died.
 
Hi again all out there in poultry cyber world....

Am a newbie to hatching and although my first batch in the incubator failed I am totally into this now....

I have made my own homemade system and have just set my second batch. I learned a lot from my first ever attempt, and have now used that fast gained knowledge on my second go.

My question is simple, my family and I love Pekin Chicken's and want lots of them as pets to add to our almost mini zoo at home. I was searching eBay last night and a seller is offering frozen fertile eggs. They claim that they will pack them very carefully and whilst in our UK postal system will be defrosting..... Is it possible to freeze these eggs?. If so could I not do this at home so I have an good supply ready for each time I wish to set some. How long could they be frozen?. Anyone know at what tempreture?....

Sorry its a lot of questions but Dad always said unless you ask you will never know....

Hope someone can answer me...

Darrin
JG...
Would you be able to supply me with the name/email of the shipper of frozen eggs? We are doing some research on this (looks like about 29F is as low as you can go and still hatch the eggs) but I'd like to discuss his techniques if possible to get more information. The reason for the research is to find a way to keep the yolk/albumin/inner cell membrane from rupturing/being addled by rough postal handling. A frozen/or semi-frozen egg may not allow the egg contents to shift as much during travel. This may alleviate the problem of addled eggs or eggs separated from cell membrane during handing, which causes so many fertility/hatchability problems with eggs bought through the mail. Thank you for any information! Dovemaidden
 

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