Hey there, My husband made a comment to me the other day about getting rid of our roos because all of the eggs would have nasty "red" in them from being fertilized. Is this accurate.? being a newbie here I couldn't dispute..I just looked at him and said "What? REally?" I don't think I could crack open a "bloody" egg every morning for breakfast... ick
Quote:Your husband is sooo wrong Tell him the fertile eggs are amazing to eat-there's is absolutely NO taste difference. There are blood spots in eggs -all eggs fertile or not. When I used to buy store eggs I would get a bloody egg from time to time and by bloody I mean a speck of blood. That happens when the eggs is developing in the chicken long before the shell is finished forming
Take a look at the first post in this link and it will show you the difference between a fertilized egg and an unfertilized egg. https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=16008 It has nothing to do with blood spots which are a little "oops" in the egg development.
Thanks for the picture.I was wondering too.Thought there was some sort of dimple or something diiferent looking in the shell. Regardless of the blood spots I have found some people just get all funky over the idea of eating rooster sprem,lol.
There have been some threads on here of hatching store bought eggs, not necessarily those marked as fertile.
