i crack my eggs open and theres a little white dot attached

[blueseal]

are they fertile eggs i ate them for breakfast this morning scrambled.

 

[speckledhen]

White dots are not the sign of fertility. All eggs have them, called a blastodisc. That is what is fertilized when a rooster is present and mates the hen. When they have a ring around them, like a bullseye, that means the blastodisc has become a blastoderm and the egg is fertile.

 

[Gonzo]

You can eat fertile eggs. All they are at first is a few cells, probally not even visible.

 

[speckledhen]

Here is a thread that shows the difference between a fertile and infertile egg.

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

 

[chickenma]

thanks for sharing this great info Cynthia.