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What to do with frozen eggs

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Okay, so hopefully spring is here, or close enough to here that this post isn't relevant for a while...but it was -40 here just a couple of weeks ago. We keep our chickens in an unheated coop, so we deal with frozen eggs a lot...some that get so frozen that they even crack. Here's a blog post with my observations on that, and what we do with them.

http://ruraldreams.ca/frozen-cracked-eggs-can-you-eat-them

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I just cook the frozen eggs well and eat like the rest, you said it well enough in your blog post.

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three standard egg recipes that will surely work with frozen eggs (after thawing):
https://www.spendwithpennies.com/easy-quiche-recipe
https://www.thekitchn.com/how-to-make-a-frittata-cooking-lessons-from-the-kitchn-170717
https://norecipes.com/pain-perdu-recipe-french-toast

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Hi Jess, that's the worst part about winter chickens for me.

Most of my frozen eggs were cracked from expansion. Any that weren't were just collected before they can freeze. If the crack is dirty, I don't eat them, but if the egg is clean I'll give it a wipe (I don't wipe off the bloem on non-frozen eggs) and stick it (them) in the freezer. I use them for baking or omelettes and I've never been disappointed. I do peel them when frozen and then thaw in a bowl.

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We often get -20c here in Bulgaria over winter and our birds are all in unheated accommodation.... mainly it's our Indian Runner duck eggs that get frozen 'cos quite a few of them seem to drop their eggs just anywhere, rather than in a nest box or some nice warm straw! We have cooked them, but usually we give them as a morning treat to one of the pigs, or just crumble them "as is" into a bowl of bran or mash for the birds - who happily consume them.

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I have recently had experiences with frozen eggs.

I realized that I needed to collect in the afternoon instead of the morning time due to my hens laying schedule. I had less frozen/cracked eggs and generally the eggs I retrieved were still faintly warm.

Not sure if it helped, but I utilize wood shavings for my laying boxes. I got some finer material in there instead of flake and it seems to have helped insulate out some of the cold. The girls kick a good bunch of it against the back and sides of the laying box so they a hunkered down in it.

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Same here as others. I have had quite a few frozen this winter, bound to have more over the next week with these temps dropping again.
If they are clean I'll scramble them. If not, the critters down in the creek bottom get them.

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I too now collect in late afternoon, which helps. Cracked frozen ones go to the dogs bowls to thaw, then be fed with food or as a separate treat. Uncracked ones go into the skelter with the rest and are used usually within 2 weeks. I've never had a problem. Since we don't get that many eggs in winter, we are able to use them quickly.

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My chickens have started to lay again during this past month.
Our temps have been in the minus teens, (F) for several weeks. I put on my outdoor clothes and head to the coop every couple hours to collect eggs.
I sometimes miss a couple and they freeze. If cracked I either give to the dogs or scramble them to give back to the chickens.

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What I do with frozen eggs:
1. Bring in house still frozen solid.
2. Immediately wash under warm water, shell should slide right off
3. Drop frozen eggs into bag/container, put into freezer.
4. Thaw and cook when eggs are in short supply

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