Patch on Yolk

[DuckDuckJuice]

Hi, all. I got a strange egg today. Well, technically an egg from a couple days ago that I cracked open this morning. It had a strange, whitish, pretty large patch on the yolk. I looked up all the common egg problems and causes and couldn’t find anything that matched. There was no smell to the egg, the white and shell were normal, and it had been collected within an hour of being laid in ~40F temps. After being collected, it was brushed off with a soft toothbrush to remove a couple specks of poo and placed in the refrigerator, as we do with all eggs. All of our girls seem healthy and are on a diet of Feather Fixer, oyster shell, black oil sunflower seed, and vegetable kitchen scraps, plus whatever they forage. Any ideas? I’m baffled. I tossed the egg as a precaution, rather than risk eating something harmful.

Side note- Ignore the green flecks in the bowl. They aren’t part of the egg. I didn’t rinse the bowl out after having some chopped herbs in it earlier.

 

[MangoDuck]

Hi, all. I got a strange egg today. Well, technically an egg from a couple days ago that I cracked open this morning. It had a strange, whitish, pretty large patch on the yolk. I looked up all the common egg problems and causes and couldn’t find anything that matched. There was no smell to the egg, the white and shell were normal, and it had been collected within an hour of being laid in ~40F temps. After being collected, it was brushed off with a soft toothbrush to remove a couple specks of poo and placed in the refrigerator, as we do with all eggs. All of our girls seem healthy and are on a diet of Feather Fixer, oyster shell, black oil sunflower seed, and vegetable kitchen scraps, plus whatever they forage. Any ideas? I’m baffled. I tossed the egg as a precaution, rather than risk eating something harmful.

Side note- Ignore the green flecks in the bowl. They aren’t part of the egg. I didn’t rinse the bowl out after having some chopped herbs in it earlier.

Do you have any drakes in your flock? The only reason I ask is that it could be the early stages of a fertilized egg, but I’m not sure. I don’t know a massive amount about duck eggs

 

[Anime2lover]

Hi, all. I got a strange egg today. Well, technically an egg from a couple days ago that I cracked open this morning. It had a strange, whitish, pretty large patch on the yolk. I looked up all the common egg problems and causes and couldn’t find anything that matched. There was no smell to the egg, the white and shell were normal, and it had been collected within an hour of being laid in ~40F temps. After being collected, it was brushed off with a soft toothbrush to remove a couple specks of poo and placed in the refrigerator, as we do with all eggs. All of our girls seem healthy and are on a diet of Feather Fixer, oyster shell, black oil sunflower seed, and vegetable kitchen scraps, plus whatever they forage. Any ideas? I’m baffled. I tossed the egg as a precaution, rather than risk eating something harmful.

Side note- Ignore the green flecks in the bowl. They aren’t part of the egg. I didn’t rinse the bowl out after having some chopped herbs in it earlier.

Do you have any drakes in your flock? The only reason I ask is that it could be the early stages of a fertilized egg, but I’m not sure. I don’t know a massive amount about duck eggs

If that egg were being sat on and were several days old, that might explain it, but it was collected an hour after being layed. I sometimes do find white floating in my eggs but nothing that large.

 

[Isadora]

It looks like a meat spot.

 

[Poultrybonkers]

Looks like mold def not fertilized

 

[nuthatched]

Just a meat spot.

 

[MangoDuck]

If that egg were being sat on and were several days old, that might explain it, but it was collected an hour after being layed. I sometimes do find white floating in my eggs but nothing that large.

If that egg were being sat on and were several days old, that might explain it, but it was collected an hour after being layed. I sometimes do find white floating in my eggs but nothing that large.

ah okay, I just wanted to be sure thanks for explaining

 

[samanthaoverton]

I hope I never see that in an egg...lol. Mine are fertilized currently...oh please no..

 

[Anime2lover]

I hope I never see that in an egg...lol. Mine are fertilized currently...oh please no..

As long as you collect them regularly you shouldn't

 

[samanthaoverton]

As long as you collect them regularly you shouldn't

Oh boy do I ever..lol. And if I see an out of place egg. I chuck it. My mother in law doesn't like eggs...she was raised on a farm and I think she cracked open a developing egg pretty far along. What a pity. I do so love eggs.