"Brooklyn1" > wrote in message
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> "Cheri" wrote:
>><coltwvu wrote:
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>>> Brown eggs are more likely to have blood spots.
>>
>>I've never seen any brown or white that didn't have an occasional blood
>>spot, but...I think it's sloppy candling when two end up in the same
>>dozen.
>>
>>Cheri
>
> Eggshell color has not a whit to do with bloodspots, has to do with
> the age and physical condition of the bird. And today eggs are
> candled robotically, there is no sloppiness. I can't remember the
> last time I found a blood spot, has to be more than 20 years ago, and
> I use a lot of eggs.
> http://www.incredibleegg.org/egg-fac.../b/blood-spots
> Eggshell color is due to diferent breeds of chicken.

Since we raised chickens in the old days, a couple thousand at a time, I
really don't need you to tell me about them or turkeys. We candled by hand,
and when we did come across blood spots, we put them in containers and
shipped them to bakeries.

Cheri