Are these eggs fertilized?!?!

[banananutmuffin]

I don't have a rooster, but my hens free range. Lately, my eggs have had these little circular spots in them. I seem to recall someone mentioning that this was the sign of a fertilized egg. But, like I said, I don't have a rooster! What do you think?

 

[howfunkyisurchicken]

Its hard to tell from the pictures. All eggs have the faint white circle. A fertilized egg will have a spot in the middle of that circle, making it look like a little bullseye.

 

[Den in Penn]

If you don't have a rooster then, no they are not fertilized. Unless there is a rooster in the neighborhood you don't know about.

 

[banananutmuffin]

Well, there COULD be a roo in the area. I live in farm country. My cousin has a rooster that free ranges, but it's about 1/4 mile away.

One does kind of look like a bullseye. Honestly, I've never noticed these spots in my eggs before, and suddenly they're showing up, and they're really really obvious.

 

[r4eboxer]

Its hard to tell from the pictures. All eggs have the faint white circle. A fertilized egg will have a spot in the middle of that circle, making it look like a little bullseye.

Yep bullseye