White milky substance when cracking egg.....

[FlockMama]

This doesn't happen all the time but every once in awhile we will be making poched eggs and when we crack them into the boiling water there is this extra white substance that floats around the water. It's not the normal white from the egg but something extra. I am not sure whos egg it is either and it doesn't hppeen all the time like I said, but what could it be? Any suggestions?

Thanks

 

[PatS]

You might be talking about the chalaza, which centers the yolk in the egg.

 

[FlockMama]

Thanks for the reply. I looked up chalaza on Wikipedia and didn't even know something like that existed in there

It might be that....

 

[crash0330]

darn I was just gonna ask the same question, just today i was gonna make some scrambbled eggs with some of the eggs my silkies have been laying and I saw that, question is Do all eggs have that or is it just the fertile eggs that have it?

 

[FlockMama]

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I have no roosters so it wouldn't be a fertile issue.

 

[wordgirl]

Is it stringy or more liquidy, FlockMama?

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I have no roosters so it wouldn't be a fertile issue.

(Explanation of chalazae from www.eggs.ab.ca/about/faq.html)
These strands are called chalazae (chuh-LAY-zee) and are a natural part of the egg. They anchor the yolk in the centre of the egg. The fresher the egg, the more prominent the chalazae will be. The chalazae do not need to be removed unless you are making a smooth custard or sauce. They can be removed with the tip of a knife or strained from a beaten egg mixture if desired however.

If it's the chalazae, then it has nothing to do with the egg being fertile or not. It's what centers the yolk in the middle of an egg, away from the shell. There are two of them in each egg.

In this picture, the little squiggly white things coming off the top and bottom of the yolk are the chalazae.
http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project_ideas/Zoo_img036.jpg

 

[FlockMama]

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I have no roosters so it wouldn't be a fertile issue.

(Explanation of chalazae from www.eggs.ab.ca/about/faq.html)
These strands are called chalazae (chuh-LAY-zee) and are a natural part of the egg. They anchor the yolk in the centre of the egg. The fresher the egg, the more prominent the chalazae will be. The chalazae do not need to be removed unless you are making a smooth custard or sauce. They can be removed with the tip of a knife or strained from a beaten egg mixture if desired however.

If it's the chalazae, then it has nothing to do with the egg being fertile or not. It's what centers the yolk in the middle of an egg, away from the shell. There are two of them in each egg.

In this picture, the little squiggly white things coming off the top and bottom of the yolk are the chalazae.
http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project_ideas/Zoo_img036.jpg

More liquidy...

 

[FlockMama]

Anyone else seen this before or know what it could be?

 

[Whitehouse Quail]

It's what they call the egg white... it is the opposite of the yolk.

 

[FlockMama]

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ha ha I know that, but it's different then the white, it's like extra white stuff