Weird egg

[aart]

So are egg spots the “meat spots”? Do you eat them or just get rid of them?

There are meat spots and blood spots. I scramble most my eggs so not concerned with eating them. If blood spot is really big I might just toss egg.

It’s almost 7 months old. It laid another egg that was kind of faded on parts . If it is a respitory issue, is that serious and would you be concerned ?

I had a couple hens that I started with that had mild respiratory symptoms, they both laid slab sided eggs all winter(I had them under lights) they seemed otherwise pretty healthy so I did nothing, but I don't use antibiotics on my birds. How to deal with disease is a very personal decision IMO.

 

[Stablecoop]

Look in here:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/common-egg-quality-problems.65923/

I think it's explained in this excellent video, which is worth watching regardless:

This is a great video, thank you for sharing!!

 

[RevlisRemmah]

There are meat spots and blood spots. I scramble most my eggs so not concerned with eating them. If blood spot is really big I might just toss egg.

I had a couple hens that I started with that had mild respiratory symptoms, they both laid slab sided eggs all winter(I had them under lights) they seemed otherwise pretty healthy so I did nothing, but I don't use antibiotics on my birds. How to deal with disease is a very personal decision IMO.

Thank you for the explanation!!

 

[3KillerBs]

So are egg spots the “meat spots”? Do you eat them or just get rid of them?

I just picked them out if they looked too gross for a poached egg or if they were large enough to possibly be noticeable in a dish after cooking.

 

[RevlisRemmah]

I just picked them out if they looked too gross for a poached egg or if they were large enough to possibly be noticeable in a dish after cooking.

Good to know! My girls are 17 weeks so I’m ANXIOUSLY awaiting eggs and wouldn’t have known what to do if I saw those spots!

 

[RobC123]

It’s almost 7 months old. It laid another egg that was kind of faded on parts . If it is a respitory issue, is that serious and would you be concerned ?