In article >,
Kathleen > wrote:

> > So how do you explain blood spots in eggs where no rooster was available?
> >
> I can't explain it because I've never found a bloody spot in an egg that
> came from somewhere (like a supermarket by way of a factory farm) where
> there was no rooster available.

The thing is, in order for a fertilized egg to turn up with a visible
embryo, the egg would have had to be incubated for a few days. 24 hours
and all you see is a slightly larger whitish round spot on the yolk.

Most blood spots are not developing chicks. Trust me. ;-)
And they are rare to zilch on grocery store eggs due to the
sorting/grading process.

Ah, here we go:

http://www.georgiaeggs.org/pages/bloodspots.html

>
>
> >>People are just weird sometimes. It's okay to eat eggs, it's okay to
> >>eat chickens, but somehow the mid-point, a fertilized egg, is icky.
> >
> >
> > I'm ok with fertilized eggs (ate them for years) but I'll have to pass
> > on Baluts, thanks. ;-)
> >
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balut
>
> I'd pass on that too, myself. Although my JRT, disgusting little
> egg-sucker that he is, would no doubt enjoy Balut as much as he did the
> contents of the nest of a hapless, shore-dwelling, probably endangered,
> bird.
>
> MMMmm... Crunchy, chewy and juicy all at once.

JRT's are interesting dogs. <lol>
My Lab Chows will eat eggs whole, shell and all!
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