Whats up with this egg?!

[Chelseyb123]

This morning i was cracking open some eggs an found this in the first one. The rest (4) were fine. These eggs are from about wed-sun of last week. On the outside of the shell it looked like it had brownish spots but it was just poop i believe since it came off after washing it. But i opened it and saw this. Ive never seen this before . pic 1 is on one side an 2 is the other

 

[Allie Grace Sanders]

It looks like a harmless blood spot.

 

[Chelseyb123]

Okay. Im still new with chickens and eggs! and ive never seen a blood spot in a egg before. Thank you.

 

[EggSighted4Life]

That's either called a meat spot or blood spot depending on location inside the egg, yolk or white. I can't keep them separate in my mind.

We never see them in commercial eggs because their candle process is much better than ours. They simply send those to be used in commercial applications like school lunches or where they eggs are inside a processed food. If too much then pet food.

They are completely safe to eat even if not appetizing to see. If you google meat or blood spot in eggs you will get several sites with the same basic info as what I gave. If I don't feel like eating them I feed them back to the pets.

Also doesn't mean your hen is ill.

I always explain about them to anybody who isn't familiar with farm fresh eggs so they don't panic and think there's a chick in there or some other abnormal grossness.

 

[Chelseyb123]

Okay thank you so much for that bit of info! I have heard of the name meat spot but never looked into it. The rest of my eggs ive been getting look good. I didnt throw it out so ill give it to my dogs. I havent seen any signs of illness with my hens. Since mid dec id say is when most of my hens stopped laying i was getting 5-6eggs a day now only one. And got two the other wattles. Its been really cold here in maine and last week it felt like -20 at night and even with a dry ccoo Most of my flock got some sort of frostbite on theyre combs or wattles. But im pretty sure that egg wad from my wyndotte and shes stopped laying since last week. Only my rir is.