Is this egg safe to eat?

[LizzzyJo]

I have YET to have an egg with a blood spot make it to hatch. They start developing but haven't ever gone all the way. There are lots of avid hatcher's on here that set double yolks and do all sorts of "crazy" things.. I would LOVE to see someone have a different experience than mine, so try and tag me if you come across or have it yourself please.

I presume its essentially an impurity that impedes the DNA coding.. like maybe a deformity or cancer. The embryo's don't *appear* to be able to just "absorb" it and continue.

I used to crack every egg in a bowl first.. but have hardly dealt with that, if at all since selling off my Marans stock. They were GOOD, hardy, birds.. good demeanor, dressed well for the table.. it was a VERY tough call to let them go! Other adventures were calling.

Since you know which gal it is, hopefully it will improve. All birds (and situations) are individuals, of that I have NO doubt! How old is she?

Also my research says it *can* be diet related.. I'm a treat miser, feed Purina flock raiser with oyster shell on the side and almost an acre of very decent (lush green with lots of bug and plant diversity) pasture in the PNW.. just for informational/comparative purpose in case the details matter for YOUR research purposes.

Yes! I used to get blood spots continually and then my big blue orpington was taken by a hawk. I have not had a blood spot or meat spot since. I miss her, but it is nice to not have to crack into a bowl or candle before giving eggs away.

 

[aart]

Blood spots, what you have there, are from a blood vessel breaking when ova is released from follicle. They can be stuck to yolk or floating in albumen.
Meat spots are pieces of tissue sloughed off inside reproductive tract.

I think it's explained in this excellent video, which is worth watching regardless:

 

[Chickenheadmate]

Do eggs from this hen have a low hatch probability? I was about to buy an Isbar rooster and was planning on hatching some of the BCMS eggs, the hen who gives the eggs with these spots. Now I’m having second thought about getting a rooster

 

[JacinLarkwell]

I have YET to have an egg with a blood spot make it to hatch. They start developing but haven't ever gone all the way. There are lots of avid hatcher's on here that set double yolks and do all sorts of "crazy" things.. I would LOVE to see someone have a different experience than mine, so try and tag me if you come across or have it yourself please.

I presume its essentially an impurity that impedes the DNA coding.. like maybe a deformity or cancer. The embryo's don't *appear* to be able to just "absorb" it and continue.

I used to crack every egg in a bowl first.. but have hardly dealt with that, if at all since selling off my Marans stock. They were GOOD, hardy, birds.. good demeanor, dressed well for the table.. it was a VERY tough call to let them go! Other adventures were calling.

Since you know which gal it is, hopefully it will improve. All birds (and situations) are individuals, of that I have NO doubt! How old is she?

Also my research says it *can* be diet related.. I'm a treat miser, feed Purina flock raiser with oyster shell on the side and almost an acre of very decent (lush green with lots of bug and plant diversity) pasture in the PNW.. just for informational/comparative purpose in case the details matter for YOUR research purposes.

You might be right, but I have a gal that throws them in literally every egg she lays that had two of her hatch. Granted they hatched before we started eating her eggs so we didn't know if they had meat spots or not

 

[Chickensandhorsesforlife]

I think it is, but want to make sure. Egg is from a BCMs, if that matters. One on the left side is also from the same hen, but doesn’t have as many dark spots as.View attachment 2525939

Omg. "Gag" do not eat that. It may be safe, but that is gross. I would not eat that if you paid me. No hate though, just saying

 

[Chickensandhorsesforlife]

 

[LizzzyJo]

Omg. "Gag" do not eat that. It may be safe, but that is gross. I would not eat that if you paid me. No hate though, just saying

you know that when you eat chicken you're eating way more of their blood than these spots...right?

 

[Chickensandhorsesforlife]

you know that when you eat chicken you're eating way more of their blood than these spots...right?

I am a vegetarian , so I never eat chicken blood

 

[Chickensandhorsesforlife]

I throw out bad eggs like that and sometimes I feed them to the dogs. I think eating blood is gross

 

[Chickensandhorsesforlife]

We all have our own opinions though. I do not care if you eeat them, I am just saying I would never eat one like that