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"Dee Dee" > wrote:

> "Omelet" > wrote in message
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> >Blood spots are caused by minor damage to the hens
> > reproductive system during egg development and are meaningless.
>
> Thanks, Om. What is your experience with the approximate percentage of your
> eggs that have/had blood spots?

Oh geez. It was so low, I did not particularly keep track. It's going to
be more common in first year layers and most farms dump the hens at 2 to
3 years of age as egg production begins to drop off at that point. If
you ever want cheap hens, pick up "used" layers from local production
ranches. They are still quite adequate for up to 6 years ime. And they
sell them cheap so you get to skip the 6 months of chick raising.

I've watched eggs being sorted at an "egg farm" tho' and they run them
thru a light box to try to minimize blood spots. They discard them if
they see them but really small spots are going to be missed for the most
part, especially if you get brown eggs as those shells are harder to see
thru.

On a guess, I'd say less than 10% but like anything, the negative
aspects of food will be noted the most. ;-)

> Thanks for the url about the egg. Quite a good link.

Welcome! We used to have to google a lot for poultry list newbies. There
is a lot of info on eggs available if you know the key words.

The best general poultry site on the entire internet is run by Barry
Koffler at http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/BRKPoultryPage.html
But, that is aimed more towards breeders and bird keepers.
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> Just too sweet!
> Dee Dee

Yes. ;-) I used to LOVE to hatch. Those were cochin bantam chicks, my #1
favorite breed. I miss them as I had managed to breed out aggressive
tendencies so they were very tame... <sigh>
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Peace, Om

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