Theeggswere neverthawedout from the first time they werefrozen. I checked all theeggstosee which ones werefrozen, separated those out, and immediately put them in the freezer to deal with them later.
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Myeggshave beenfrozenwhen I collect them from my girls. I wondered if they would hatch after beingfrozen, and thenthawed. I know they werefrozenespecially with temps of -25 to -30 below. So far I have 6 little fuzzy butts from them. All seem to be fine, and running around in the brooder.
With those temperatures ( around 0) I expect you would havefrozeneggsduring the day if no one collects them all day. I would collect them,frozenor not. The ones that only hairline, I'd wash quickly and let thaw in a container and then crack and use them asap. The more-than-hairline cracks I would thaw and cook to feed back to them.
