Rusty looking substance on yolk.

[Flyboy718]

Seems to be some sort of little rusty looking flakes on the yolks of some of the eggs I get from my barred rocks. At first I thought it was something free floating in the egg, scratched at it with the tip of a knife and it seems to be a little rusty spot on the yolk...sorry for no picture. It didn't bother me but my wife asked me to find out what that is all about because she thinks that everytime we get an egg that has a few speckles on it those type eggs tend to be the ones with the rusty spots on the yolk. Anyone else ever seen anything like what I am describing?

 

[Happy Chooks]

blood spot maybe?

 

[Yay Chicks!]

blood spot maybe?

X2 and harmless, assuming that's what it is...

 

[Flyboy718]

I dunno...doesn't look like blood, kinda rusty brown to light brown color and sort of porous looking. I don't have any roosters to have fertilized eggs so how could there be little blood in the egg? Sorry for the dumb question, I am new.

 

[Happy Chooks]

Blood spots are normal. They have nothing to do with an egg being fertilized or not. They are caused by a small rupture during the formation of an egg. Nothing at all to be concerned about.

Here's more information if you are interested:
http://www.poultryhelp.com/bloodspots.html
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Why_do_you_get_blood_spots_in_eggs

 

[ADozenGirlz]

That's a valid question. I have a blog post that describes how eggs are made and how blood spots and meat spots develop. They're nothing to worry about. If they bother you or your wife, just remove them. The egg is perfectly good to eat. http://eggcartonlabels.blogspot.com/2012/01/how-hen-makes-egg-egg-oddities.html

 

[donrae]

I've gotten eggs with what you're describing on and off over the years. They scramble up just fine.

 

[chookhead]

yea probably a blood spot lol pics would help next time u get an egg like that take a foto

 

[LaynaDon95]

That's a valid question. I have a blog post that describes how eggs are made and how blood spots and meat spots develop. They're nothing to worry about. If they bother you or your wife, just remove them. The egg is perfectly good to eat. http://eggcartonlabels.blogspot.com/2012/01/how-hen-makes-egg-egg-oddities.html

The one giant egg on that page looks like the average egg I get from my leghorn every day. When she first laid an egg after coming to live with me I looked like this.

Poor chicken...