Is this egg normal?

[smlinn17]

Is this egg fertilized? Is it safe to eat?

 

[A_Fowl_Guy]

It’s not fertilized but it does have meat spots in it. Should be fine to eat.

 

[smlinn17]

It’s not fertilized but it does have meat spots in it. Should be fine to eat.

What is a meat spot?

 

[A_Fowl_Guy]

Part of the wall got into the shell. Nothing major.

From the egg safety center:
[Meat spots or blood spots] are caused by the rupture of a blood vessel on the yolk surface when it’s being formed or by a similar accident in the wall of the oviduct… Eggs with blood spots and meat spots are fit to eat.

 

[aart]

It does look fertile....but also has a mottled yolk and the dark stuff looks more like bacterial growth than meat or blood spots.
How old is egg?

These links may help you figure it out:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/common-egg-quality-problems.65923/
https://content.ces.ncsu.edu/factors-that-can-affect-egg-quality-and-appearance

 

[smlinn17]

Less than a week. Thank you.

 

[smlinn17]

Part of the wall got into the shell. Nothing major.

From the egg safety center:
[Meat spots or blood spots] are caused by the rupture of a blood vessel on the yolk surface when it’s being formed or by a similar accident in the wall of the oviduct… Eggs with blood spots and meat spots are fit to eat.

Thank you!