Brown Chunks in my Egg??

[Lazy Farmer]

I have a couple eggs today that have a light brown chunk or two in them.
Is this undigested food? It is not solid when I smashed it on a paper towel.
I have recently switched to egg maker pellets mixed 50/50 with crumbles. WAS ONLY CRUMBLE.
Never had chunks in the yokes before the diet change.
ALSO.. the yokes are not deep dark orange now that we added pellets into the mix.
Product is Manno Pro Egg Maker...

Photo's are..
In the egg.
On the spoon.
Smashed on the paper towel.
I don't want my egg customers having to see this so I am concerned.
Thank you in advance.
FC

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Unfortunately it can be normal to get a bit of stuff in an egg here and there. I believe it's a bit of tissue from the oviduct.

 

[AlleysChicks]

X2.

 

[AnnieSantiago]

normal

 

[lazy gardener]

If you ever have a customer complain, explain to them that eggs they would get at the store are candled with super high powered equipment, so any such eggs are removed. but, the spot is a meat spot, and is a normal occurrence. It will not affect the egg, they can remove it with a spoon if it bothers them.

 

[Dropkick500]

Interesting. I've never seen this before in any home eggs i've had. Good to know it's normal kek

 

[rosemarythyme]

As others said they're meat spots and they are normal and safe to eat. One of my girls chronically has them in her eggs so I don't hard boil her eggs, if I scramble or poach I can pick them out easily.

As far as yolk color and overall quality, if you feel you had better results with the crumble, is there a need to have them on the pellets too? Layers don't need layer feed as long as they have oyster shells on the side for the calcium.

 

[Lazy Farmer]

As others said they're meat spots and they are normal and safe to eat. One of my girls chronically has them in her eggs so I don't hard boil her eggs, if I scramble or poach I can pick them out easily.

As far as yolk color and overall quality, if you feel you had better results with the crumble, is there a need to have them on the pellets too? Layers don't need layer feed as long as they have oyster shells on the side for the calcium.

We are trying to convert to total pellets. the crumble seems to scatter and some wasted. I have read the pellets expand in their bellies and fill them up more. Also with the scatter crumble factor, our war on rats has played a factor, trying not to leave less mess to get carried back to the growing rodent population.

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I have made a bunch of these to help with the spillage as well. 1 of these feeders is dedicated to oyster shell only. The goal was to mix the 2 forms of conventional grain for a short period of time to ease the transition to total pellets.
But the chunks in the eggs threw me a curve ball and now questioning my drawing board plans.
Also my yoke color is dull like big production eggs now for the first time! The protein is the same in both forms of the grain. I am at at loss. Time to soak some alfalfa cubes.

 

[Lazy Farmer]

We are trying to convert to total pellets. the crumble seems to scatter and some wasted. I have read the pellets expand in their bellies and fill them up more. Also with the scatter crumble factor, our war on rats has played a factor, trying not to leave less mess to get carried back to the growing rodent population.

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I have made a bunch of these to help with the spillage as well. 1 of these feeders is dedicated to oyster shell only. The goal was to mix the 2 forms of conventional grain for a short period of time to ease the transition to total pellets.
But the chunks in the eggs threw me a curve ball and now questioning my drawing board plans.
Also my yoke color is dull like big production eggs now for the first time! The protein is the same in both forms of the grain. I am at at loss. Time to soak some alfalfa cubes.

I failed to mention that they are only is the super jumbo colossal eggs. We keep those for our consumption. They don't fit in egg cartons, only flats and they have to be spaced apart or they don't fit in the flat! I have not seen the chunks in the regular size eggs yet.

 

[debid]

Yolk color varies with diet. Actively foraging hens tend to have brighter yolks from the plants they eat and these eggs are thought to be more nutritious and visually appealing.

So, some feed manufacturers put marigold petals in the mix to cause a deep yellow to orange yolk color to occur even if the hens cannot forage. Switching to a feed that has no marigold would make a noticeable difference in yolk color.