Rehoming Roosters

[flakey chick]

Chalizae (sp?) They all have that- fertilized or not. I think it's like the umbilical cord? Oh, and there are always 2. Note all these signs vanish when you cook the egg, so unless he wants to eat them raw....

 

[ranchhand]

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The white thing is the chalaeze (sp?) and is what anchors the yolk in the center of the shell. All eggs have it, it just varies from egg to egg.

 

[flakey chick]

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All eggs should have a white dot- fertilized or not. It is the fertilization spot. It will be small when it is unfertilized. When it has been fertilized, it will grow into a blastocyst, eventually forming the bullseye pattern.

 

[ranchhand]

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ALL eggs have the white dot. The difference is a VERY subtle ring effect. They also all have "the white stuff".

 

[horsejody]

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You just see the white stringy things in the second because it's probably fresher, not because it's ferilized. The older the egg, the more that fades away. You will see that in very fresh nonfertilized eggs too.