Cold eggs

[Eggscoozme]

Start a thread so we can follow along to see if they develop.

Okay, will try, now.

 

[Kiki]

Okay, will try, now.

Thanks!

 

[Eggscoozme]

Thanks!

I created a thread titled Part 2 - Cold Eggs

 

[Cryss]

She? Now I have changed sex because I swapped an i for the u in duck? Not certain my wife would like me becoming a she. There wouldn't be much ducking anymore...

sorry. My bad.

 

[Cryss]

Thanks everybody for the the candling pictures. I'm so glad to have this information!

 

[Cyprus]

We call them thongs. I will have to remember flip flops if I ever visit America though.

Oh dear lord

Please never use the word "thong" in any setting outside of intimate lingerie.

 

[path.otto]

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.

I use a laser thermometer on winter eggs. I try to get out there every couple of hours but I just like the security of knowing the temp of the egg. I just aim the laser at the egg and if it's 32 F or above I'm fine with it. The lowest temp I've seen on the shell so far is 38 and that was last week.

 

[aart]

I use a laser thermometer on winter eggs. I try to get out there every couple of hours but I just like the security of knowing the temp of the egg. I just aim the laser at the egg and if it's 32 F or above I'm fine with it. The lowest temp I've seen on the shell so far is 38 and that was last week.

Ah, there's an idea......but I wonder if an egg is 32°F on shell, how long does it take to actually freeze solid......then crack?

 

[path.otto]

Ah, there's an idea......but I wonder if an egg is 32°F on shell, how long does it take to actually freeze solid......then crack?

I did not have any eggs freeze, even last week when it was so cold. I tried to check the nests every two hours but there were times it was longer than that. My husband has suggested we try to find out (how long it would take an egg to freeze in below freezing weather) but I don't want to waste any eggs on the experiment!

 

[aart]

My husband has suggested we try to find out (how long it would take an egg to freeze in below freezing weather) but I don't want to waste any eggs on the experiment!

....and it would be tricky anyway.
Was more a rhetorical question.

ETA:I guess that spinning thing might work, if one was really good at it.