Meatspots/ blood spots or?

[Jslig352]

Good morning y'all. Last year I took in 8 chickens from a friend who couldn't take care of them anymore and I notice in a couple of their eggs they had black spots inside the egg at the top of the inside of the shell. I also noticed in the same egg that the whites would always have little red/black spots. I just wanted to get others opinions and know if they are still safe to eat and if someone else has experience the same thing? Also I noticed a few of my chickens has the same thing some times but not all the time.The black dots on the inside of the shell don't move when I try to rub them.

 

[Debbie292d]

If you scroll way down to the bottom of this article, it describes issues with egg yolks. It seems the summary is that meat spots is more common with older hens.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/common-egg-quality-problems.65923/

The black spots are probably dried deteriorated blood spots. The article gives these as possible reasons:

- Incorrect levels of vitamins A and K in the hen's diet;
- Administration of the drug sulphaquinoxaline;
- Large amounts of lucerne meal in the layers' diet;
- Feeding stale, wet, or moldy feed;
- Continuous lighting in the coop;
- Frights, stress, and disturbances.

In either case, the eggs are safe to eat, but for me, I would just scramble them up and give them back to the chickens.

 

[Jslig352]

If you scroll way down to the bottom of this article, it describes issues with egg yolks. It seems the summary is that meat spots is more common with older hens.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/common-egg-quality-problems.65923/

The black spots are probably dried deteriorated blood spots. The article gives these as possible reasons:

- Incorrect levels of vitamins A and K in the hen's diet;
- Administration of the drug sulphaquinoxaline;
- Large amounts of lucerne meal in the layers' diet;
- Feeding stale, wet, or moldy feed;
- Continuous lighting in the coop;
- Frights, stress, and disturbances.

In either case, the eggs are safe to eat, but for me, I would just scramble them up and give them back to the chickens.

Thankyou so much for the feed back and the article I very much appreciate it
I feed them tractor supply producers pride and they get leftovers from our suppers. They are going on 3 years I believe. I was feeding the eggs that are like that back to them. I don't usually care about the little meatspots I just never knew it could be apart of the inside of the shell like that. Once again thankyou so much