Blood spots in eggs.

[lulumammato2]

My hens have just started laying. I've cracked open a few eggs and they have little red bloodish spots inside,some have just one but one had a few is this normal? Could it be because they may have been fertlized? We just got rid of our roo last week because we can't have them in the city.

 

[speckledhen]

Has nothing to do with fertilization. It means a capillary burst along the reproductive tract of the hen, is all. Quite common, some hens have it happen more often than others.

 

[aggie9296]

They are normal. Not a sign of fertilized eggs. Seems to happen with all young layers. Seems to go away in a few weeks.

They are perfectly safe to eat. If the spots creep you out, you can scoop them out, but it is a pain to catch them. Or you can feed the eggs back to the chickens.

I did have to swallow hard the first time I ate a fried egg with a blood spot.

 

[lulumammato2]

Oh yay! I was quite worried and can't wait for it to go away. I chased the little spot all around the pan this morning, then the next one I cracked had quite a few that one didn't even make it in the pan. Thanks for the answers they are very much appreciated

 

[TheSpiceGirls]

Yea, I get those too. Nothing to worry about. If I'm scrambling them, I ignore it. If they are hardboiled, I nip it out.