jsbates65 Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 This last week, I had two eggs with blood spots. What causes this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hen Watch Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 John, this is what Omlet say about it..... http://www.omlet.co.uk/guide/guide.php?view=Chickens&cat=Eggs&sub=strange Blood Spot: This is an egg with a small amount of blood in it. They may look worrying but are still edible! The spots are caused by the breakage of a blood vessel in the ovary, possibly caused by a fright to the chicken. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jomaxsmith Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 My Maran Cuivre always has dark spots in her eggs, in the white next to the yolk. She's always done this and is healthy so I'm not worried about it Jo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 I used lots of eggs in baking this afternoon - a couple had bloodspots in them. They went into the cakes! (I suppose you could scoop them out if you're squeamish!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hen Watch Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 This website is good too. http://www.britegg.co.uk/faqs/startfaqs.html It tells you about "blood spots" and also "meat spots" - both quite common and safe to eat. Have to say, I always take meat spots out as it makes me go a bit squeemish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsbates65 Posted January 14, 2009 Author Share Posted January 14, 2009 Great thanks for all the replies. . .had computer problems and couldn't get back on until now. She's healthy so not concerned. Maybe it's happened before, I give most of the eggs away to friends as i'm not much of an egg eater. . .just like to have chickens around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
