Is this a worm in my egg ??

[BigBlueHen53]

Not a dumb question at all! Yes, the chalaza is twisted albumin, or egg white, that anchors the yolk.

Edit to correct spelling

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Sorry, typo. Chalaza, singular. Chalazae, plural.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Tell your mom that a chicken laying an egg is exactly like a girl having her period. It is ovulation, not giving birth. Without a rooster the egg is not fertile and won't become a chick, that's all.

 

[Tonyroo]

To think it's a sperm, that's funny.

 

[HeatherKellyB]

Tell your mom that a chicken laying an egg is exactly like a girl having her period. It is ovulation, not giving birth. Without a rooster the egg is not fertile and won't become a chick, that's all.

I have tried explaining this to her for years now but she can't think of anything but that.

 

[LaFleche]

I have tried explaining this to her for years now but she can't think of anything but that.

In her youth she might have watched some of these impressive educational videos (biology class!) that were used many years ago, which might have left an imprinting that would be hard to erase.

 

[The Tiny Homestead]

I have a coworker who refuses to eat fresh eggs. She said the ones in the store are washed and pasturized. Not if it doesn't say pasturized on the carton. I've even showed her a dozen fresh eggs that I had only collected from the nest box and put straight into the carton, clean as a whistle.
I don't understand the $1.99/dozen factory farm mentality

 

[Ebony Rose]

I always thought of it as the yolk's anchor.

 

[rosemarythyme]

I have a coworker who refuses to eat fresh eggs. She said the ones in the store are washed and pasturized. Not if it doesn't say pasturized on the carton. I've even showed her a dozen fresh eggs that I had only collected from the nest box and put straight into the carton, clean as a whistle.
I don't understand the $1.99/dozen factory farm mentality

A lot of people are very weird when it comes to food nowadays, too much detachment from where food is grown and sourced to where it's packaged and sold. They feel safer eating artificial but "sterile" things like Twinkies, instead of fresh food where there might be a blemish or a bug you have to pick off a leaf.