speck in the egg!

[lexinpatch]

my hen hes been lating eggs that have a speck in the squiggly white stuff atached to the yoke. could someome please tell me what that is. i used to think that it ment the eggs were fertil but then i looked it up and people said that there is a white dot on the yoke. i have never seen this spot circle or blob. but ill look more carefully nextime
- thanks

 

[gritsar]

If the spots are red, they are blood spots. If brown, meat spots. Neither is harmful, they do not indicate a fertile egg. Both oocur during the formation of the egg within the hens body. The white squiggly stuff is called chalaza, anchors the yolk to the center of the egg.

Here's some information on blood and meat spots:

http://www.thepoultrysite.com/publications/1/egg-quality-handbook/28/blood-spots

http://www.thepoultrysite.com/publications/1/egg-quality-handbook/29/meat-spots