Certain eggs are more likely to have blood spots.

You break open an egg and theres a little red spot floating around in it.

Resist the urge to pitch it and everything else in your kitchen.

Egg with blood spot on it

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Those tiny blood spots are harmless.

But its not just the yolk that can be affected.

You might notice a brown, white, or reddish spot in the egg white.

Whisking egg with blood spot on it

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Andthe color of the eggmakes a difference.

Its harder to spot issues using candling with brown eggs because of the darker shell.

Blood spots may be more common when eggs come from backyard breeders because they may not use candling.

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