Blood spots in yolk

flirtygerty

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As title really, no cockeral, so it's not fertilised, two spots of blood either side of the yolk, all 7 chickens appear healthy and all are last years babies.
They are free range and spend a lot of time scratching round in the barn, so far it's only been the one egg affected, anyone any ideas what could have caused it
 

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Google says....

Blood Spots

Occasionally found on an egg yolk. These tiny spots do not indicate a fertilized egg. Instead, they are caused by the rupture of a blood vessel on the yolk surface during formation of the egg or by a similar accident in the wall of the oviduct.

Mass candling methods reveal most eggs with blood and those eggs are removed. However, even with mass scanners, it’s impossible to catch them all.

Both chemically and nutritionally, eggs with blood spots are fit to eat. You can remove the spot with the tip of a knife, if you wish.

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