Meat spots in many eggs

[Sarah86]

Hello,

I was looking for a little more info on meat spots.I know theyre ok to eat and what they are. I cannot find what causes them other then being an older layer.

My chickens are just over a year old and we have been getting meat spots for most of the time they have layed. We have 5 laying right now and out of 5 eggs/day there is probably 3 eggs with meat spots in them.

Thanks so much!!

 

[aart]

Can you pin point who is laying them?
What breeds do you have?
Are the spots bigger or tiny?...pics might help.

More info on your flock,
number/ages, coop/run sizes (feet by feet), what and how exactly you are feeding,
all might help offer a clue.

 

[Sarah86]

I cannot pinpoint who is laying them. we have 5 isa browns in our coop. The coop itself is 12ft by 6 ft. It is a horse stall. We dont have horses just the chickens in there.
I feed them layer ratio from Co-Op or UFA. (The tag is not on the bag anymore but I believe its 17%)
The girls are just over 1 year old. The meat spots range in size but mostly smaller pieces but many of them.
I cooked eggs this morning and didnt see any. But I will add some when I get an egg with them.
Thanks so much for the help!

 

[eHuman]

Meat spots are caused by the rupture of a blood vessel on the yolk surface when it’s being formed or by a similar accident in the wall of the oviduct… Eggs with blood spots and meat spots are fit to eat.

 

[aart]

I cannot pinpoint who is laying them. we have 5 isa browns in our coop. The coop itself is 12ft by 6 ft. It is a horse stall. We dont have horses just the chickens in there.
I feed them layer ratio from Co-Op or UFA. (The tag is not on the bag anymore but I believe its 17%)
The girls are just over 1 year old. The meat spots range in size but mostly smaller pieces but many of them.
I cooked eggs this morning and didnt see any. But I will add some when I get an egg with them.
Thanks so much for the help!

It could be because they are high production birds that they are more likely to have meat spots.....they can have more reproductive issues than less productive birds.

Meat spots are caused by the rupture of a blood vessel on the yolk surface when it’s being formed or by a similar accident in the wall of the oviduct… Eggs with blood spots and meat spots are fit to eat.

Yep..exactly.

 

[Sarah86]

Thanks so much! I knew they are ok to eat . (company doesnt like them though) Makes sense theyre pushing out an egg a day so it must be tough on their little bodies.