Fly eggs in white of egg!

[Writerchick324]

I cracked an egg and found fly eggs swirled in the inside of the white of the egg. I'm assuming they are fly eggs, it's possible they are mosquito or something else. I'm wondering if the egg was slightly cracked before and something laid eggs into it then or if somehow, something, can lay eggs inside a hen where they produce eggs? Sorry if that sounds odd. I had cracked it into a bowl with other eggs and didn't notice until a few minutes later (luckily before cooking!) so I didn't really look at the shell after cracking.

It definitely wasn't left out on the counter for a fly to get to it after it was cracked and it was inside the white of the egg. I had dumped the whole bowl into the sink when I saw it then decided to scoop it out to get a photo. View media item 7914742View media item 7914743

 

[Sue Gremlin]

Holy cow! Those look like urate crystals. They're not fly eggs (which are football shaped) or mosquito eggs (which are black). I can't say I've ever seen this or heard of it before. Interesting.

 

[Kiki]

 

[Kiki]

What's the dark piece thing on the left?

 

[aart]

Meat spot and calcium 'balls' would be my guess.

 

[Writerchick324]

It's a piece of the substrate in the nesting boxes. I had dumped the bowl of eggs into the sink and tried to fish it back out for a photo to look up later lol

 

[aart]

Red... nesting material?
Blue... calcium 'balls'.
Did you try crushing the 'balls' between your finger tips?

 

[ChickNanny13]

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[Kiki]

Red... nesting material?
Blue... calcium 'balls'.
Did you try crushing the 'balls' between your finger tips?
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They do look exactly like the calcium ball build up that we sometimes see on the outside of the shell.

 

[Writerchick324]

Red... nesting material?
Blue... calcium 'balls'.
Did you try crushing the 'balls' between your finger tips?
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The red is nesting material and I did not try crushing them, they were so tiny, and I was super convinced they were a type of parasite egg or something and was super grossed out. Lol