Frozen Eggs

[meendog10]

my pheasants are laying eggs during the day in the coop. Problem is that it is 10 degrees outside. So by them time i collect the eggs they are frozen. I want to hatch the eggs but im wondering if i still can even if they are frozen. I was planing on bringing them inside to thaw out then put them in the incubator. Would this work or would i be easting my time?

 

[Aspen Forest]

I don't think you would be able to thawing them out would work.
Once something freezes it's dead, cellular structure bust.

 

[birdman55]

you can use them for scrambled eggs and that's about it....heres a website
http://www.answers.com/Q/Can_frozen_eggs_still_hatch

 

[meendog10]

It said in other threads that you can. One women said she froz her americana eggs and then hatched them for 100% success rate.

 

[maxsgoldens]

It said in other threads that you can. One women said she froz her americana eggs and then hatched them for 100% success rate.

That's a bit of a tall story. Water expands by 9.8% when it freezes so a frozen egg would actually split the shell open

 

[deserthotwings]

If Ted Williams can be frozen and come back to life then why not an egg ????

 

[Jedwards]

Are you sure they are frozen? I set chicken eggs on Friday with the same concern, although mine were not frozen. I was afraid because the last day I collected eggs was like 8 degrees if it was so cold they weren't viable.