Got an freshly laid egg this morning and look what was inside!

[Mandy020386]

OK I am confused I have never gotten an egg like this before. I get my eggs every day. This hen that laid this egg I am guessing this was her first. I have hens that like certain boxes and there has never been one in this box until this morning. I watched her lay it too. She is new to it. Yes we have Roosters so they are fertile eggs. How did I get this from an egg I grabbed today fresh from my hen? It looks to me to be a developing chick. Shocked me because I make sure I grab them every day. Any answers would be appreciated. I have tried looking this up with no luck. I had no idea that not even day old eggs could develop this fast. And it was in the fridge right after she got of of her box. And yes there were two yolks in the egg.

 

[Mandy020386]

Oh and the only reason I even tried to use this egg today was because I accidentally cracked it somehow from the coop to the house. Usually I use the oldest eggs I have

 

[mortie]

A developing chick doesn't look like that and wouldn't be that size until well into development. When I hatched eggs I had a day 7 quitter that I cracked open and the embryo was easily distinguishable and not much bigger than a blueberry. What you have here is just a hiccup in the egg factory. They can take many forms. For a look at what a developing chick looks like, including photos, see here http://www.the-chicken-chick.com/2012/03/chicken-embryo-development-views-from.html?m=1

 

[Mandy020386]

Thank you for your reply. I was wondering how I would get this in less than 10 minutes out of the hen. I went and candled all my eggs to be sure this was the only one like that. I don't know if It shows up candling it but I did it anyways.

 

[Ridgerunner]

Check out this link. It looks like a blood spot.

Egg Quality Handbook
http://www.thepoultrysite.com/ourbooks/1/egg-quality-handbook/

When a hen breaks an internal blood vessel just as she is laying an egg, blood can get in the egg. It’s not that unusual and generally nothing to worry about. It’s safe to eat if you can get by the YUK! Factor, but on that one I couldn’t. That one’s pretty bad. Some hens are prone to do that but for most it’s a pretty rare occurrence. Since that was her first egg, there is a reasonable chance she’ll get over it. Sure hope so.

The big commercial egg operations candle all their eggs looking for things like that. They don’t want a customer to find that kind of surprise in an egg. Those eggs are generally sold to bakeries or something like that where they are beaten up and mixed with stuff so customers can’t see that. They really are safe, even if disgusting to look at.