What is in this egg?

[Cee]

What is this? A blood clot? How does this happen? I sell my eggs and I don’t think my customers are gonna be happy? What can I do to prevent this from happening?

 

[nuthatched]

Just a blood spot. It's normal.

 

[Chicken poppy]

What is this? A blood clot? How does this happen? I sell my eggs and I don’t think my customers are gonna be happy? What can I do to prevent this from happening?View attachment 3405665

If they aren’t happy tell them to never eat eggs again.

Its okay, they are not uncommon.

 

[New duck mommy 2021]

I have got them in store bought eggs as well before I got ducks
Now I have seen it only a few times in a year of my own eggs
It’s normal

 

[SilverBirds]

It's a blood/meat spot. Perfectly normal and still safe to eat. It's caused by a blood vessel popping during the formation of an egg. There isn't anything you can do to prevent it from happening.

 

[rosemarythyme]

Blood spot as others have noted, and it's not unusual. You can explain to your customers that because these are home raised eggs they're not candled like store bought eggs so there may be inclusions such as blood and meat spots. They're 100% safe to eat but if they don't like the spots they can be picked out before or after cooking. Advise them to crack eggs one at a time into cups to check for such inclusions if it bothers them to have them in their meal.

 

[Aunt Angus]

Blood spot as others have noted, and it's not unusual. You can explain to your customers that because these are home raised eggs they're not candled like store bought eggs so there may be inclusions such as blood and meat spots. They're 100% safe to eat but if they don't like the spots they can be picked out before or after cooking. Advise them to crack eggs one at a time into cups to check for such inclusions if it bothers them to have them in their meal.

This is what I do. I have enough regular customers now that I know who "gets it" about farm eggs vs those who are pickier. I do candle my eggs for the pickier people. And I tell them to let me know about any egg quality issues.