What you see: A beige clump in your egg.What it is: A tumor, yeek.Eat or toss: We can’t imagine anyone wanting to eat it. We also can’t, however, identify any
Dark, raised bumps on egg shell
What you see: Some dark brown spots on your light brown egg. They don’t look like dirt or manure, but don’t look quite right either. They may or may not be
Leaky egg yolk
What you see: A raw egg in which the yolk appears to be leaking into the clear gloop of the egg white. What it is: Something caused the membrane around the
Gray patch on top of eggshell
What you see: The top of your egg is gray. What it is: Moisture between the shell membrane and the base of the shell.Eat or toss: The egg is fine to eat! It’s
Bubbles in egg yolk
What you see: Bubbles in the yolk of a just-cracked egg. What it is: Air bubbles that snuck in during cracking. Eat or toss: Eat! The egg is
White area on top of egg
What you see: Chalky white coloring on top of your brown egg.What it is: A spot the chicken missed when she was adding pigment to her eggs. Eat or toss: Eat!
Moldy eggs
What you see: Your eggs have something unexpected, likely black, growing on the surface or possibly inside the shells. They look like the eggs in the images in
Little pockmarks or pits in hardboiled egg
What you see: The white of your hardboiled egg is covered in pockmarks or little bubbly dents. What is is: An egg with a bubbly air cell!Eat or toss: Eat! The
Hard boiled egg with a shifted yolk?
What you see: The yolk in your hard boiled egg is not centered, but on the side of the egg. What it is: Likely an older egg whose insides (and defenses) have
Rotten egg? What’s up with this huge, weird-looking yolk?
What you see: A raw egg in which the yolk has spread out. There are odd wispy things in the yolk. What it is: An egg hosting a microbial blowout. Eat or toss:
Large dimple in hard-boiled egg
What you see: An smooth crater on the side of your hard-boiled egg. What it is: An air pocket in an unusual location. Eat or toss: Eat! This egg is quirky, but
Black speck in your hardboiled egg white?
What you see: A black speck in the white of your hard boiled egg.What it is: A naturally occurring “blood spot” or “meat spot” that turned black after exposure
Leathery, translucent layer around your raw egg?
What you see: You just tried to crack a raw egg and somehow didn’t break all the way through. There's a rough, translucent layer just below the shell.What it
Grayish smudges or spots on your eggshell?
What you see: Translucent, watercolor-like smudges and spots on your eggshell.What it is: A place where moisture is trapped in the shell.Eat or toss: Eat! This
What’s that dirty spot on your egg?
What you see: Specks of grime stuck to an egg. What it is: Chicken feces (eww), possibly also dirt or bits of the carton. Eat or toss: Eat! But use some caution
Is it safe to eat a dented, cracked egg?
What you see: A dented, cracked egg; its contents may or may not appear to have spilled out. What it is: The dent suggests that both the shell and the egg's
