Dirt in eggs ??

[Finch09]

Looks like small piece of dirt or something in the egg when i crack them open ??

 

[kcfuerst]

Dirt?? Gotta picture??

 

[Finch09]

I will get a pic the next time i see it ? Maybe its just a tiny blood spot.

They just started laying

 

[journey11]

Mine get those too sometimes. Looks like a speck of pepper? Just a tiny bloodspot. I pick 'em out.

 

[Cluckenstein]

Think positive.

Maybe it was a speck of dirt that was on your hands, the shell or already in the container that you cracked the egg into.

 

[Finch09]

I thought maybe it was from my hand at first. But i cracked a few more same thing. Yes it almost looks like speck of pepper but little bigger

 

[chseeads]

Yeah, it's blood or meat spots. They just happen sometimes.

 

[Finch09]

Are the eggs still safe too eat when this happens ? I have a rooster maybe he is causing this too happen ?

 

[chseeads]

Yeah, they are safe to eat. Just do like journey11 said above and pick em out......

And pretend you never saw them....lol


I don't know if roosters breeding hens has any bearing on the bloodspots happening or not. I had wondered that in the past. Never have heard a definitive answer on that....what's everyone think on that theory?

 

[atarunomiko]

Bloodspots have nothing to do with being fertilized or not, so I would think that means no to them having anything to do with roosters.

There are pictures of different bloodspots and the tell-tale fertile egg "bullseye" here:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=16008

Do any of these pictures look like what you're seeing?