Is there something I missed? No way eggs could be fertile!

[galanie]

I have four hens. They must be hens! No crowing, smallish combs and waddles, no pointed hackle feathers, and I get 3-4 eggs a day (from BO hens). There are no other chickens anywhere within miles of here. So I break open a couple eggs that were a bit over a week old today and each had a spot on the yolk with a white dot in the middle. Not exactly the 'bullseye' you see in the instructional pictures, a solid white spot in the center of a larger spot. There is just NO WAY they could be fertile! What is happening here? Do I have a swishy roo?

 

[happyhens44]

Well if You got 4 eggs before from 4 hens,Then you do Not have a rooster.

 

[petunias212]

Our eggs from our two hens (no roosters) look like that too....plus they have this squiggly looking thing, not sure what that is...but i think that's normal...

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[NancyP]

Hi, check out this link hopefully it will answer your question.
Nancy

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

 

[petunias212]

http://4hembryology.psu.edu/fertile.html found this link - good info and pic's


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[galanie]

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Thank you! Those looked like the first egg. I had seen those before but obviously didn't pay enough attention because that egg is not fertile. Whew, I thought I was going nuts!

The other link is great too but it's much harder to see the spots in those pictures.