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Here's Why There Are Red Spots In Your Egg Yolks By Dennis Lee Oct. 27, 2025 6:00 pm EST

Eggs can sometimes come with surprises. Every now and then you'll get weird eggs with twin yolks, wrinkled shells, or almost no egg white at all. They do come from living creatures, after all, and every now and then you'll run into an egg with a red spot on its yolk.

If your mind immediately went to blood, it is indeed what's known as a blood spot or an inclusion. No, the egg hasn't been fertilized — this is just a natural occurrence that happens sometimes. Tiny blood vessels in the hen's oviduct or ovaries can break as the egg is released from the follicle, which is a sac in the ovary that contains an immature egg. That follicle can pop during the egg-laying process,

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