Frozen Egg Question

[RachsChix]

Sooo, it’s winter.
I usually gather our eggs in the evening. I set them out on the counter. And I usually wash them in a day or so and then refrigerate.
Now that’s it’s winter and crazy cold out, our eggs have been freezing before I can collect them in the evenings. Am I safe to guess I can’t keep them out on our counter anymore? Should I wash and refrigerate right away? How long are they good for if I wash a frozen egg and refrigerate it right away? New to the whole frozen egg stuff. I need to move to better climate

 

[sylviethecochin]

Washing immediately is good. If you do it in warm water, it also helps shrink the ice in the egg so that the crack may seal itself. I cut away the exposed frozen white before I do this so that there's no dirt brought inside the egg. Refrigeration is necessary. I've never kept them long enough to need an expiration date.

I will warn you that eggs, once thoroughly frozen, never quite recover. The yolk will never scramble properly again. It'll just remain a weird, solid mass.

 

[aart]

Any frozen egg that is cracked and leaking needs to be used immediately and thoroughly cooked, IMO.
I don't eat them myself but cook scrambled and feed back to birds......or toss them.

Depends on what your comfortable with.
There are many opinions, read some of these threads:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/search/15055386/?q=Frozen+eggs&t=post&o=relevance&c[title_only]=1