Who's got romantic Valentine's Day plans? We're having a romantic board meeting, then hopefully spending the rest of the romantic day shoveling river rock out of the romantic front flower beds.![]()
I've been reading through birdman's blog and I'm feeling VERY inspired.
I keep forgetting to ask about blood spots: I've read fr other people that they're "rare." But every single one of my white hens lays an egg with blood spots every day. I usually dig it out with a spoon, no big deal. But could that have been why they were at auction? Not suited to someone's egg business because of the constant blood spots?
morning everyone
bloodspots
These tiny spots are not harmful and are caused by the rupture of a blood vessel during formation of the egg. Blood spots do not indicate a fertilized egg.
While it is unusual for you to find a blood spot in an egg from the store, it is not unusual to find one from an egg purchased from a local eggs farm stand. Blood spots are simply a malfunction in the oviduct of the hen. As the egg forms, it is common for small blood vessels to break releasing a tiny amount of blood which is then visible either in the yolk or the albumen of the egg. Blood spot, while unappetizing to most consumers are not bad or dangerous and will disappear when cooked. Home cooks often work hard to remove the slightest bit of blood from the egg when cooking at home but I can assure you that most restaurants don't bother to remove a small blood spot when cooking your breakfast and you would never know once the egg is cooked and served
http://www.answers.com/Q/What_is_blood_spot_mean_on_an_egg
in gails book you can read what she says about blood spots/ or meat spots below
http://www.poultryhelp.com/bloodspots.html
do you get a chance to check the article out yet...that has so many pics ....over a hundred...
https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/...-golden-pheasant-pic-heavy-with-mutation-pics