Minnesota!

[duluthralphie]

how long does it take eggs to freeze on an 'average not polar vortex' day? my girls usually all lay between 11 and 3 and I don't get home from work until almost 5. Im assuming that the girls taking turns sitting on the nests while they lay will keep eggs warm-ish until every one is done laying, not?

Not long! An hour or so on cold days in my coop. I check 3-4 times a day on cold days.

 

[duluthralphie]

from what I read, you just let them thaw and use them as if they were fresh. Personally, I would throw them on the counter and let them thaw for baking, for morning eating I would try just putting them in the skillet.

I eat the eggs that freeze in the winter, unless the egg looks dirty on the cracked area. If dirty, I cook them up and feed back to the girls.

I probably wouldn't throw a cracked egg in the freezer, and I probably wouldn't thaw them, remove from shell, and freeze them. But that is just instinct, no knowledge behind it.

A lot of people just toss frozen eggs. I've been eating those that freeze in the coop for maybe 15 years and haven't died yet.

Yea, that's what I do, you said it better.

 

[MinnesotaNice]

Weird. My husband told me he found a great deal on a jacket while roaming CL. Something about it coming with all these extras so it's worth the asking price....

 

[duluthralphie]

Weird. My husband told me he found a great deal on a jacket while roaming CL. Something about it coming with all these extras so it's worth the asking price....

Oh yeah!! I it would be a bargain at twice the price.

 

[KlopKlop]

I've got some seedling heat mats and have read about people using those to help keep eggs thawed. I could pull out my milk crate egg boxes and do two larger community nests with heat pads maybe.

They will be cranky, they are just getting used to the new nest layout

 

[FoxyChicken]

What beautiful country you are in. And no wonder you are frozen. What does your backyard look like?

Here are a couple of shots off my deck...

Lake Superior is at the end of the rainbow, when the leaves are off you can see it.


This is what it looked like a couple of weeks ago...

 

[KlopKlop]

Holm is famous again. Check the home page!

 

[KlopKlop]

Ralphie, it's ironic you mentioned McMurdo today then at morning break I stumbled on this while sipping my coffee:
http://m.mentalfloss.com/article.php?id=63741

It's an article about how they have ATMs at McMurdo (a very quick read)

 

[duluthralphie]

Ralphie, it's ironic you mentioned McMurdo today then at morning break I stumbled on this while sipping my coffee:
http://m.mentalfloss.com/article.php?id=63741

It's an article about how they have ATMs at McMurdo (a very quick read)

Dang, there goes my plans to get rich off the McMurdo ATM robbery/burglary.
but!!!If I can sneak in and out and wear a mask they will never include me in their list of suspects.

 

[ejb3810]

Since it's the middle of the night and I'm awake I thought a Minnesota BYC ice breaker is in order. Putting a person behind the avatar?
Below are ten questions. Responses are optional, laughing at ourselves and each other mandatory.
(And Aussie needs something to make her smile!)

1. If I could binge on Netflix for an entire day I'd watch this show:
2. One place in the world from which I want to send a postcard:
3. You could chase me to Russia with this food:
4. The daily chore which I dread:
5. Fastest I've ever driven a motorized vehicle:
6. Tried my first alcoholic beverage at this age and thought adults were nuts to drink it:
7. First person I ever had a crush on, can be real or celebrity:
8. Favorite chicken breed:
9. Do I have enough chickens?
10. One question we want to ask others here but are afraid of being laughed at: Do you think that Ralphie looks better or worse after the sex change operation?