Blood spots in eggs without a roo?

[NaturalChick]

I am still getting starter eggs from my Production Reds and Ameraucanas and have just noticed the little pin head sized blood spot that I thought was only possible by fertilization from a rooster. Am I wrong? Can all eggs have that little spot? Thanks.

 

[Lothiriel]

my hens lay eggs with a spot like a bull's eye on them but we do not have a roo. i think there is a thread somewhere where someone posted pics of fertilized and un-fertilized eggs. as for blood spots, they can happen to any egg, with or without fertilization.

 

[keljonma]

Blood spots have nothing to do with fertilization. Blood spots occur when blood or a bit of tissue is released along with a yolk. I've read that blood spots occur in less than 1% of all eggs laid.

 

[Tuffoldhen]

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Exactly.....they are also called meatspots and can be scooped out of the egg, not harmful at all....nothing whatsoever to do with a rooster/fertilzation.

 

[Wynette]

Also, blood spots absorb into the yolk eventually. I did an experiment with a hen that always lays eggs with blood spots, and found that if I wait 2 weeks before cracking her eggs, I no longer see blood spots in them. Good to know for sales eggs!

Since they are new layers, I wouldn't worry; sometimes, it takes time for their egg-laying gear to work out the kinks.

Blood spots are different from meat spots; blood spots literally look like flecks of blood, and meat spots literally look like little chunks of...well....meat. They're kinda gross, IMO!!