can you eat eggs that froze

[dreamwallaby]

I pulled my eggs from the coop late today and i think they are frozen. If they thaw in fridge, are they ok to eat? I'm guessing yes, since we do it to meat, but just checking

 

[OrloffTom]

I did NOT come up with this on my own. I did a search and found this. So, I don't know from my own experience but hopefully someone else can chime in shortly

You'll be fine eating it.

I usually toss em, but they are perfectly fine from a food safety standpoint. Just don't thaw them in hot water or anything like that. Its best done on a countertop, cold water, or in the fridge. Too hot a temp can create bacterial growth or denaturing of the proteins, leaving you with a nasty egg white.

My experience is the white is a wee bit more runny than normal, but I like my eggs on the dry side anyways, so its never a prob.

 

[trunkman]

I've had a few eggs freeze and just put them in the egg carton with the others and had them for breakfast a few days later. I've heard you shouldn't eat them if they are cracked from freezing tho.

 

[Country Parson]

I've eaten them and all seemed fine. Usually I thaw these, remove the shell, cook up the yolk, and throw it into the food scrap dish that goes back to the chicken (the shells will eventually do the same). This isn't because I don't trust the egg, but since we get so many eggs now that we can't possibly use I figure I'll use these as bonus protein for the chickens.

 

[midget_farms]

The only real worry is contamination through the cracks. If you suspect chicken poop may have gotten in there dont eat it (obviously!) - but if the egg is clean - why not.

 

[mgw]

Ours have frozen several times this winter. We keep a basket on the counter and put the eggs in it for a couple days before putting in the fridge. We have had no problems with the eggs, we havnt had any crack though.

 

[Tala]

If they crack, I feed them to the dogs.
If they *might* have frozen, but did not crack, I treat them the same as all my other eggs ---- which is usually several days on the counter prior to refrigeration. I usually only wash them before selling/giving them out and they are always refrigerated after washing.

 

[tuesdays chicks]

I had a problem every so often with my eggs going in the wrong side of the fridge and freezing, the eggs always seemed alright , if I were you I would thaw them and use 1st just to use them up, be careful with your temp changes if you don't plan on eating them right away don't let them warm to room temp. unless cooking them right away.

 

[johny]

I'm not hungry enough to eat something that passed out of a chicken butt hole and then lost it main protective layer by being cracked open.

 

[missred871]

i have eaten some... most of them were store bought(prior to having poultry). Stupid fridge.... sometimes I would crack a frozen egg...whoops...lmao.... but we have eaten frozen eggs, they are fine as long as bacteria isnt an issue like the others have said