Would eggs freeze if shipped to me?

[monarc23]

I shipped eggs last week to NY and OH both got there safe and sound the next day (UPS). Only one cracked (not from freezing). Shipped out another package today to another in NY...hoping it fairs well! I packaged it with lots of insulation stuffs.

 

[EweSheep]

Today I got some shipped eggs from OK and they got here just fine. Not frozen either!

 

[sandspoultry]

eggs freeze slower than you think. The last cold snap we had I forgot and left some Cochin eggs sitting out all night in the open and it got down to 25F. I saw them in the morning and I was sure they were frozen so I decided to feed them back to the birds. I threw them down on the ground and they weren't frozen at all. I guess because they are thicker they freeze slower.

Steve in NC

 

[citalk2much]

I just shipped out button quail eggs but due to the cold I sent them as live it cost a little more but they do not get put in the cold

 

[sara]

Nevermind what I said then if everyone ships. I guess since I have no need to sell eggs and they are for my own personal enjoyment I just don't want to take any chances. The eggs I currently plan to ship when I feel comfortable are the only ones I have ever sold.

 

[monarc23]

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Cool I'll be your first shipee person? hehe! I love shipping out eggs but I'msure in the spring/summer when it becomes a mad rush to fill everyones orders of my coturnix quail eggs it'll get a lil challenging hehe

again it's GREAT IMO you care when they go out esp it being your first shipment I appreciate it a bunch!

 

[KYBOY]

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I did the same thing the other night..It down in the 20's and I left eggs in the house..I just threw them in the lot(it was still cold, early morning) and they just fine..Not frozen at all..

 

[millebantam]

I am convinced that hatching eggs can endure more cold than many think that they can, and still be viable. A few weeks back, we had a cold spell that lasted about a week. During that week, I would go out to the coop at mid morning to open the pop door and let the bravest ones out into the run. I was finding a couple of silkie eggs on the floor of the coop every morning from the silkies that refuse to use a nestbox. The overnight temps were in the lower teens. These eggs were so cold when I got to them that I was sure that they were frozen. One or 2 of them had even split from freezing. Over the course of a few days I saved up a dozen of these chilled eggs and set them aside and come up to room temp. I had discarded the split/cracked ones. As an experiment, I put them in the incubator. To my amazement, 21 days later, I got ALL 12 to hatch with no problem.

Now I'm not suggesting that everyone chill their eggs before they set them, but I saw with my own eyes, these eggs hatch after having been so cold. The odds of shipped hatching eggs being chilled to the point of freezing and not hatching are near zero, in my opinion.

 

[sara]

I think cool eggs are fine. However I've had eggs freeze. Maybe I'm the only one..

 

[WiseChicks]

I have gotten 3 different egg shipments in the past few weeks in bitter cold weather. I leave a note on the front door asking the postman to please please PLEASE set the box INSIDE the house. I come home from work and there is a happy warm box sitting in my entryway, unless my son gets home first; then they are all unwrapped, marked and in the bator when I get home!!

Good kid!