Eggs stuck in the mail! - one hatched!

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!!

 

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?

 

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!

 

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