Chicken Fat Inside Egg???

[Rivers Edge Homestead]

I’m new to chickens this year and after the first few dozen, I’ve run into an oddity inside one of our eggs that I haven’t found elsewhere online. Already ate the egg (minus this little gem) and seemed fine. Any speculation on what it might be? Looked a lot like fat to me. If it makes any difference, I have a couple hens that are consistently laying double yoked eggs.

 

[azygous]

Do you know how old your hens are? That appears to be lash material (chicken pus) from a possible reproductive tract infection called salpingitis. If the hen that produced it is quite young and behaving normally, an oral antibiotic might be able to stop the infection before it hinders her egg laying.

As the egg was traveling down the oviduct, getting wrapped in albumen and membrane, a chunk of pus likely broke away from the wall of the oviduct and was included in the egg. Things such as worms and broken blood vessels can get trapped inside an egg as it's being assembled. Those double yolks are also apt to emerge someday as one egg encapsulated inside another.

Stick around for enough years and you'll see some even stranger things emerge from your hens' butts.

 

[aart]

Further dissection would be good.

 

[MrsKroo]

Do you know how old your hens are? That appears to be lash material (chicken pus) from a possible reproductive tract infection called salpingitis. If the hen that produced it is quite young and behaving normally, an oral antibiotic might be able to stop the infection before it hinders her egg laying.

As the egg was traveling down the oviduct, getting wrapped in albumen and membrane, a chunk of pus likely broke away from the wall of the oviduct and was included in the egg. Things such as worms and broken blood vessels can get trapped inside an egg as it's being assembled. Those double yolks are also apt to emerge someday as one egg encapsulated inside another.

Stick around for enough years and you'll see some even stranger things emerge from your hens' butts.

I’m brand new to raising chickens and my 21 week old pullets have not even started laying eggs yet but this thread kind of freaks me out?
Are all eggs safe to eat?
Worms? Puss? What the cluck!!! I can’t have that in my omelet!!!

 

[aart]

I’m brand new to raising chickens and my 21 week old pullets have not even started laying eggs yet but this thread kind of freaks me out?
Are all eggs safe to eat?
Worms? Puss? What the cluck!!! I can’t have that in my omelet!!!

Yeah, there can be some weird stuff in backyard eggs that get sorted out with grocery eggs.
But mostly they are fine, so don't panic.
If you do find something strange, take pics and save the egg for further examination.

Here's some more for you to look at....again, don't panic, just be aware.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/weird-or-odd-eggs-pics.697007/

http://www.backyardchickens.com/a/common-egg-quality-problems

http://poultrykeeper.com/egg-problems/

 

[Aapomp831]

I’m brand new to raising chickens and my 21 week old pullets have not even started laying eggs yet but this thread kind of freaks me out?
Are all eggs safe to eat?
Worms? Puss? What the cluck!!! I can’t have that in my omelet!!!

It’s not worms... def not alive. I agree with the above poster about the lash egg.
If you’re worried about yuckies getting into your omelet, just break the eggs into a bowl and inspect thoroughly before scrambling up and adding to pan. I don’t crack my eggs directly into the pan anymore.