how is this possible?

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TherryChicken

TherryChicken

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I have 14 hens and no roo!! However as we cracked open almost 1 dozen eggs, most of them showed fertility with a bullseye. . How is this possible?
No there is no roo out there, not one sneaking either
 
TherryChicken said:
I have 14 hens and no roo!! However as we cracked open almost 1 dozen eggs, most of them showed fertility with a bullseye. . How is this possible?
No there is no roo out there, not one sneaking either
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You are seeing what is called the blastodisk, a tiny white spot containing the hen's genetics. If it were fertilized, it becomes a blastoderm, a white ring which is clear in the center.
 
same thing happened to me. I've seen fertile and non fertile eggs and am VERY CLEAR on the differences. Yet, many of my eggs were showing an unmistakable bullseye and there isn't a roo for miles. It's impossible for a roo to have gotten anywhere near my birds. I live in town where roosters are illegal and they spend much of their time in a fully enclosed run (including top to keep hawks out). Yet I saw bullseyes. I even posted them to ask if i was seeing things. Several experts on here agreed. Bullseyes.

Out of curiosity, I stuck them under a broody for 5 days. Zero developement, as I expected. Ijust wanted to goof off and expected nothing to happen. After that I stopped looking because it didn't matter anyway. For all I know they're still showing weird bullseyes.

So. How it possible? I don't have an explanation but I do know that it is totally possible for a non fertile egg to have a bullseye and fool even practiced chicken keepers.
 



Here's a couple of pictures. One picture shows a real fertile egg and an infertile egg. The other shows am infertile egg that looks like a bullseye with an infertile egg that doesn't. I am 100% sure the egg with the bullseye that isn't fertile is not fertile. Anyone know which is which?
 
In my pics I can spot one difference that might be the giveaway, but if you click on them to enlarge, you can see there are bulleye looking things in both.

Just one of those things I guess.
 

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