Is this egg fertile?!?!

[Stephanie8806]

I’m sorry if this is in the wrong place, I’m not sure where to put it. If it needs to be moved, someone please help!

Soooo below is a picture of an egg I cracked into a pan this morning from one of my flock. It was my understanding that this little spot (circled in the picture, slightly dark with a light ring around it) indicates a fertilized egg. Is this correct? Or does this spot appear in unfertilized eggs as well?

The issue that is confusing to me, is that I’m not sure how it could have been fertilized, as we have 9 hens(all just under a year old) and no roosters. I feel like this should be an indicator in itself, but I’m just looking for clarity on what that little spot is I guess.

 

[Goatlover223]

I’m sorry if this is in the wrong place, I’m not sure where to put it. If it needs to be moved, someone please help!

Soooo below is a picture of an egg I cracked into a pan this morning from one of my flock. It was my understanding that this little spot (circled in the picture, slightly dark with a light ring around it) indicates a fertilized egg. Is this correct? Or does this spot appear in unfertilized eggs as well?

The issue that is confusing to me, is that I’m not sure how it could have been fertilized, as we have 9 hens(all just under a year old) and no roosters. I feel like this should be an indicator in itself, but I’m just looking for clarity on what that little spot is I guess.

I don’t think it’s fertile there could have been a part of the shell that poked it but it could have been fertile.

 

[Chicken_loverXx]

I’m sorry if this is in the wrong place, I’m not sure where to put it. If it needs to be moved, someone please help!

Soooo below is a picture of an egg I cracked into a pan this morning from one of my flock. It was my understanding that this little spot (circled in the picture, slightly dark with a light ring around it) indicates a fertilized egg. Is this correct? Or does this spot appear in unfertilized eggs as well?

The issue that is confusing to me, is that I’m not sure how it could have been fertilized, as we have 9 hens(all just under a year old) and no roosters. I feel like this should be an indicator in itself, but I’m just looking for clarity on what that little spot is I guess.

The egg isn't fertile if you don't have a rooster. infertile eggs can also have that spot thingy. Hope this helps

 

[MGG]

I’m sorry if this is in the wrong place, I’m not sure where to put it. If it needs to be moved, someone please help!

Soooo below is a picture of an egg I cracked into a pan this morning from one of my flock. It was my understanding that this little spot (circled in the picture, slightly dark with a light ring around it) indicates a fertilized egg. Is this correct? Or does this spot appear in unfertilized eggs as well?

The issue that is confusing to me, is that I’m not sure how it could have been fertilized, as we have 9 hens(all just under a year old) and no roosters. I feel like this should be an indicator in itself, but I’m just looking for clarity on what that little spot is I guess.

It is infertile.
There is a blastodisc in all eggs, but when the eggs are fertile a bullseye appears. It is then called a blastoderm.
I'm not really sure why the blastodisc spreads out like that, I've seen it a few times. Maybe if the egg is warm for a while or shaken or something.

 

[Stephanie8806]

The egg isn't fertile if you don't have a toaster infertile eggs can also have that spot thingy. Hope this helps

Okay yes that does help! I knew it couldn’t have been a rooster who fertilized it, but quarantine was making my brain think crazy thoughts... like what if a wild grouse, Turkey, or crow tried to inseminate my chicken

 

[Stephanie8806]

It is infertile.
There is a blastodisc in all eggs, but when the eggs are fertile a bullseye appears. It is then called a blastoderm.
I'm not really sure why the blastodisc spreads out like that, I've seen it a few times. Maybe if the egg is warm for a while or shaken or something.

Okay, thank you for that info and for the terminology! It looked a lot like pictures of blastoderms that I had seen when researching hatching eggs(as I will be trying incubation for the first time this year!), and I was super confused. I stated in a comment above, but since I don’t have a rooster I thought maybe one of my hens had been assaulted by a wild bird of some sort... we do have grouse, Turkey, crows, and chukar out here so my imagination went a bit wild