Eggsicles!

Eggs in a nest with air temperatures in the teens become frozen dog treats.

With the temperatures dropping into the teens overnight and only inching toward above-freezing for brief moments midday, any uncollected eggs are under extreme pressure as their contents expand in the process of freezing. This morning I peeked into the nest boxes of the chicken coop, only to be faced with messy boxes--it's time to clean the coop, but removing the top takes two people...--so I looked further into the interior. There, glistening in the morning light, sat a clutch of eggs in a little straw nest.

Glistening eggs?! Ah yes, the pressure apparently became more than the shells could bear, and frozen egg white bubbled out over the surface of the closest fractured shell.

The question then became: do the dogs get to enjoy eggsicle treats, or should I wait for them to warm a bit before gifting them to eager canine tongues? Hmm, such dilemmas.