i cracked open the egg and on the yolk it has a little redish dot on the side of it. what is that red dot? is it normal?
2007-11-22 14:56:06 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
i cracked open the egg and on the yolk it has a little redish dot on the side of it. what is that red dot? is it normal?
and some of you are freakin losers.
there were noo roosters on this farm.
its my family's.
ha.
2007-11-22 15:05:48 · update #1
......some of you are freakin losers.
there were noo roosters on this farm.
its my family's.
ha.
2007-11-22 15:06:12 · update #2
To a certain extent you can get some red dots in chicken eggs because they've been fertilised, but it's perfectly possible to get red dots and a little bit of blood if they're not fertilised. That's because the egg gets made in the chicken's oviduct. It descends the oviduct and has the shell made around the outside. Sometimes as it's going down the oviduct, a blood vessel in the wall of that oviduct in the mother chicken can burst and spill out and get into the material that's being laid down in the egg. This means that you have a little blood spot in the egg that then gets wrapped up in the shell. Most egg producers shine lights through the eggs in order to see if that's happened and weed them out. Pale eggs are easier to weed out than the brown ones, which is why you tend to see it more often in brown eggs. It's not in any way pathological having the spot in them and you can eat those. They're harmless.
2007-11-22 15:01:15 · answer #1 · answered by DB 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I often wondered about that, too. So did some research. It is not because it was fertilized. The reason you don't see in it eggs from the grocery store is that they are all "candled", and that egg would be picked out. It's harmless, but I always pick the spot out too, before using it. Just put your question in your browser and it will tell you exactly what it is. Country eggs are better quality because the chickens are fed better and not fed chemicals. The color of the shell has nothing to do with the quality of the egg either.
2007-11-22 15:03:30 · answer #2 · answered by Joan H 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My mom use to say, "It's where the rooster chased the hen." In other words just a little bit of where the chicken was starting to form, no biggy, sometimes you have a solid white squiggle in the white hitched to the yolk. Same idea, it is still edible. If it bothers you, just remove it, or don't eat it.
2007-11-22 15:03:01 · answer #3 · answered by mainah 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is ok to eat just a fertilized egg with a drop of blood this is normal as you cook it the blood drop will disappear anyway enjoy p
2007-11-22 15:14:06 · answer #4 · answered by roeman 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Blood. It is quite common, normal and harmless. The rest of the carton is fine. This was just a hen's vessel that ruptured while it was still "building" the egg.
2016-04-05 04:14:17 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The chick must of had a problem in the egg before it turned into an egg that humans can eat
2007-11-22 14:58:32 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It won't hurt you and it is normal. However, that dot is blood and it is because the egg was fertile.
2007-11-22 14:59:17 · answer #7 · answered by CB 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The egg was fertilized. Not a problem protine rich. Eat it.
2007-11-22 14:59:46 · answer #8 · answered by Sonny 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i forgot what it is called but it is normal to sometimes be in an egg i just advise you not to eat it just because that seems nasty lol. i have heard of it before. actually i heard of the whole inside being red like blood.
2007-11-22 14:59:17 · answer #9 · answered by *TiNkSteR <3's *him* 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
A fertilized egg.
2007-11-22 15:03:50 · answer #10 · answered by gotech 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋