What's this in the egg?

[Randie]

Double yolk egg with additional white blob. No attachment to the yolk. I have no clue. Has anyone seen this before.

 

[rosemarythyme]

You didn't happen to fish it out and dissect it did you? Or at least feel it to see if it's hard or soft or mushy or solid?

 

[Randie]

I did take it out. It wasn't something I wanted included in my recipe. After getting your question I'm very sorry I wasn't more curious about it. Sorry to say it has gone out with the compost. If anything like it ever shows up in one of my hen's eggs again I will certainly touch/squeeze or cut it open to see if anything is inside.

 

[Ridgerunner]

I think that is a variation of a meat spot though I've never seen anything quite like it. A hen grows her ova into yolks in her body cavity. When they are ready they go into a certain system to develop into an egg. So there is an opening between her body cavity and that egg making factory.

Meat spots are usually bits of a hen's organs or body parts that slough off into that body cavity. If those bits find their way into the hen's internal egg making factory they show up in an egg and are generally known as meat spots. They are not that unusual.

They will not harm you of you eat them but they are not very appetizing. Commercial operations candle their eggs so they can remove them before they wind up in some customer's egg carton. These and blood spots are why I think it is a good idea to always open our eggs in a separate bowl before adding them to anything.

I'll include a link to something that shows what the hen's internal egg making factory looks like. It may help you understand what happened.

https://poultry.extension.org/articles/poultry-related-youth-programs/how-does-a-hen-make-an-egg/

My first thought was that it was a glob of fat but fat should be yellow. I don't know what it was.

 

[Randie]

Thanks for the reply. I'll take a look at your link to the egg making factory. I've only had chicken just over a year so have been reading daily to glean information. There's sooo very much to be learned, but oh so fascinating.