Eggs stuck in the mail! - one hatched!

[BeardedChick]

They arrived a few days late after being stuck in Denver due to a snowy mountain pass. The interesting thing was despite how cold the box and eggs felt, the temperature inside the egg measured at 40+ degrees and the yolk did not appear to be damaged or scrambled from freezing. I measured by sacrificing one egg and sticking my needle probe thermometer into the middle of it while it was still in the packaging & then gently chipped off the shell to eggtopsy the yolk. Figured I might as well know if they were frozen solid in there.

Makes me think there's some small chance for a hatchling or two! Hope springs eternal!!

 

[redhen]

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..good luck!..keep us posted!

 

[BeardedChick]

Thanks! I really expected to find eggcicles. I don't think they would have warmed up that much if they had frozen hard during transit?

 

[swtangel321]

Doesnt take long for an egg to thaw out from what ive seen. I left a carton of eggs outside over night not to long ago, Took about 10-15 at room temp to thaw.

Good luck !!!!

 

[WriterofWords]

All you can do is try while we wait here breathlessly hoping for affirmation that some of our eggs that got cold could survive!

 

[BeardedChick]

Day 3 candling shows veining in all the eggs except maybe 1. Not sure about long term viability, but they have made it further than I thought they might!

 

[swtangel321]

Thats great !!!!! Hope they all make it to be healthy chicks.... Keep us updated !!

 

[flamingauburnmustang]

That's good. Let us know how it goes.

 

[BeardedChick]

Day 10 candling -

3 eggs had blood rings and were tossed

2 are definitely viable and there is a little fish-frog thrashing around inside

1 looks to be clear, but I reserved it for another look at day 14 just in case the embryo is there but hard to see

 

[kick'n chick'n]

keeping fingers crossed for ya!!