What is this I am seeing in the frypan?

[Moochie]

Sometimes when I cook my girls' eggs I see a red dot. Or sometimes I'll see a white spot in the yolk.
Like this red dot had a white line connected to it to the yolk, it was outside of the yolk. Sometimes the red dot is more like a blob depending on egg but still pretty small.
I'm thinking fertilized egg? As for the white spot, same?

 

[Cindiloohoo]

The red is likely a blood or meat spot. The white is the chalayza.

 

[Moochie]

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umm explain? sorry haha i dont know what a chalayza is, and where'd the meat/blood come from?

 

[gritsar]

The chalayza is what anchors the yolk to the center of the egg:

http://www.theanimalfiles.com/anatomy/egg_anatomy.html

Egg spots and/or meat spots happen during the formation of the egg within the hens body and do not indicate a fertile egg:

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

 

[Tala]

A blood or meat spot comes from inside the hen when the egg is being made. It has nothing to do with fertilization.
More info:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=98141

http://www.incredibleegg.org/egg-facts/egg-safety/eggs-and-food-safety#6

The chalazya holds the yolk in the center of the white---
pictures and descriptions:
http://askville.amazon.com/string-stuff-yolk-egg/AnswerViewer.do?requestId=58989999

 

[Moochie]

I just googled it

I sorta wanted to be hopeful my girls' had fertile eggs

 

[Tala]

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Do you have roosters???

If you do, I bet your do have fertile eggs

There's only one indicator though, and it is none of what you mentioned.
All eggs have the white spot, but if it's fertile there will be a white bullseye pattern around it
pictures, discussion and better explanations here https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=16008&p=1

 

[Moochie]

I have a year old barred rock roo.

 

[Tala]

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1 roo for 27 hens (going from your sig line) probably has him spread a bit thin. But also a hen can be fertile up to a month after breeding sooooo even if he didn't get EVERY girl EVERY day they might still be fertile.

Generally the suggested ratio is one roo per 10 hens. (My roo has 9 girls)

 

[Moochie]

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1 roo for 27 hens (going from your sig line) probably has him spread a bit thin. But also a hen can be fertile up to a month after breeding sooooo even if he didn't get EVERY girl EVERY day they might still be fertile.

Generally the suggested ratio is one roo per 10 hens. (My roo has 9 girls)

We actually have 3 but the other 2 are still cockerells. There's the giant cochin and I have no idea when he will be sexually mature (i hear they take awhile to grow) and my new hampshire red boy, he's about 9 weeks. The cochin is around 3 or 4 months old, I'm not sure I haven't been keeping really good track.