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post #1 of 9
2/4/12 at 6:04pm
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Seems to be some sort of little rusty looking flakes on the yolks of some of the eggs I get from my barred rocks.  At first I thought it was something free floating in the egg, scratched at it with the tip of a knife and it seems to be a little rusty spot on the yolk...sorry for no picture.  It didn't bother me but my wife asked me to find out what that is all about because she thinks that everytime we get an egg that has a few speckles on it those type eggs tend to be the ones with the rusty spots on the yolk.  Anyone else ever seen anything like what I am describing?

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post #2 of 9
2/4/12 at 6:09pm

blood spot maybe?

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Breeding Welsummers and Barnevelders.

 

Having an Icelandic in the coop is like having a 2 year old in the house - they are into everything and don't follow the rules.

I have zero chicken willpower.

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post #3 of 9
2/4/12 at 6:12pm
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Originally Posted by Happy Chooks View Post

blood spot maybe?



X2  and harmless, assuming that's what it is...

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Owned by two old dogs (yellow lab and a big, red, fuzzy mutt) and four chickens (Buff Orpington, Barred Rock, and two Easter Eggers)
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post #4 of 9
2/4/12 at 6:31pm
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I dunno...doesn't look like blood, kinda rusty brown to light brown color and sort of porous looking.  I don't have any roosters to have fertilized eggs so how could there be little blood in the egg?  Sorry for the dumb question, I am new.

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post #5 of 9
2/4/12 at 6:45pm

Blood spots are normal.  They have nothing to do with an egg being fertilized or not.  They are caused by a small rupture during the formation of an egg.  Nothing at all to be concerned about.

 

Here's more information if you are interested:

http://www.poultryhelp.com/bloodspots.html

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Why_do_you_get_blood_spots_in_eggs

Breeding Welsummers and Barnevelders.

 

Having an Icelandic in the coop is like having a 2 year old in the house - they are into everything and don't follow the rules.

I have zero chicken willpower.

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Breeding Welsummers and Barnevelders.

 

Having an Icelandic in the coop is like having a 2 year old in the house - they are into everything and don't follow the rules.

I have zero chicken willpower.

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post #6 of 9
2/4/12 at 9:11pm

That's a valid question. I have a blog post that describes how eggs are made and how blood spots and meat spots develop. They're nothing to worry about. If they bother you or your wife, just remove them. The egg is perfectly good to eat. http://eggcartonlabels.blogspot.com/2012/01/how-hen-makes-egg-egg-oddities.html


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post #7 of 9
2/4/12 at 10:23pm

I've gotten eggs with what you're describing on and off over the years. They scramble up just fine. big_smile.png

Rachel BB
 

Well, the kittens aren't so cute anymore and the easter egger cockerels are in the freezer. Plus, I think offering them as "prizes" scared folks off! So, I'm still posting quotes, if you know it let me know. I'm very enamored of this new one, it may hang around for a while!

 

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Rachel BB
 

Well, the kittens aren't so cute anymore and the easter egger cockerels are in the freezer. Plus, I think offering them as "prizes" scared folks off! So, I'm still posting quotes, if you know it let me know. I'm very enamored of this new one, it may hang around for a while!

 

"If I'd known the world was ending I'd have brought better books"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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post #8 of 9
2/5/12 at 1:17am

yea probably a blood spot lol pics would help next time u get an egg like that take a foto 

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1 tolerant mother, 2 red sexlinks ,1 isa brown, 1 australorp, 1 light/speckled sussex,one baby minorca mix, one white mystery chick, one maybe production red chick, a confused male pekin duck and one mystery hen which is genetically predisposed to lay double yolkers

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post #9 of 9
2/5/12 at 6:58pm
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Originally Posted by ADozenGirlz View Post

That's a valid question. I have a blog post that describes how eggs are made and how blood spots and meat spots develop. They're nothing to worry about. If they bother you or your wife, just remove them. The egg is perfectly good to eat. http://eggcartonlabels.blogspot.com/2012/01/how-hen-makes-egg-egg-oddities.html


The one giant egg on that page looks like the average egg I get from my leghorn every day. When she first laid an egg after coming to live with me I looked like this. ep.gif Poor chicken...

 

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My sweet puppy, Maggie (1yo), 3 adorable baby pet rats, Darby, Lilah, and Faye, 3 cats, 2 bunnies, a goldfish named Ghoti (pronounced "Fish"), 1 Khaki Campbell duckling, 1 Magpie duckling, and lots and lots of chickens!

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