Blood spots in eggs Question

[violetsky]

Hi- In another post I was reading there was a little angry venting
about a blood spot in an egg meant to be eaten. What gives? I've
never had a blood spot in an egg that wasnt incubated. Production
eggs apparently don't have blood spots. Are blood spots just a possibility with
fertilized eggs? Could a fresh egg that is not fertilized ever have a blood
spot? I didnt want to ask these questions in the original post because there seemed
to be a lot of anger associated with this issue. I just want to know the
science behind the question. I guess to be blunt is a blood spot always a
developing chick?

 

[jennifersmith326]

I think they can have blood spots and I don't think it has anything to do with it being fertilized or not. Someone correct me if I am wrong please.

 

[Ridgerunner]

Check out blood spots in this link.

Egg Quality Handbook
http://www.thepoultrysite.com/ourbooks/1/egg-quality-handbook/

Blood spots have nothing to do with whether an egg is fertilized or not. The hen had a bit of internal bleeding whe the egg was forming and some of the blood was captured in the egg. The egg is safe to eat but it is quite understandable if you don't want to. I scramble those eggs.

You do not find those in the commercial eggs in the supermarket. Those eggs are electronically candled to remove any that have internal defects. Commercial operations get them but they sure don't want their customers to open one. The eggs they find with internal defects are normally used for other things, like sold to bakeries or other places that beat up eggs before they use them.

 

[BerrytangleFarm]

Interesting.

We get some small blood spots in the more in-state organic eggs that the supermarket stocks.