Cold eggs

[J_Yonts]

So with all the crazy cold temperatures many of us have gotten, what about the eggs? I'm still getting eggs, and they are very cold but not frozen. Normally I don't refrigerate my eggs but do I have to now because they have already been so cold?

 

[TashaFrancois]

I don’t still not sick lol

 

[The Phantom]

 

[Crazy for Chickens!]

No, no need to refrigerate.

 

[MissChick@dee]

I’ve noticed that when my eggs have been out in the frigid temperatures before I can get them they seem to have a watery texture around the white of the egg. Just a slight difference. I leave them out of the fridge and eat them first. I only refrigerate my eggs if I have more than I could eat in a couple weeks. This time of year I get so few that I cherish the ones I get. If the egg freezes and the shells crack or break I don’t eat those because bacteria could get in.

 

[Chick-N-Fun]

They are fine left without refrigeration as long as you don’t wash them first.

 

[Bhubbard]

I have even ate the cracked ones the same day. Given the negative temps I doubt a lot of bacteria is present. I’m the one that chooses to eat them. My wife and toddler do not. Still tastes great and so far not sick

 

[tripletfeb]

All 5 of my ladies laid today and I threw them all out, they were frozen. I won't risk getting sick but to each his own!

 

[MillefleurGirl137]

I wash them and refigerate them. I mean, you don't have to if you don't want to, because they still have the bloom on them

 

[Cryss]

I've been feeding the suspect frozen eggs back to the chickens. I let them thaw then cook them up. Shells go back to them too. Some do get cold so I have been putting them in the fridge. I like the idea of leaving them out and eat them first. I just wish there was a way to know for sure when they freeze or have hairline cracks.