[flimbin]

I'm getting quite a high proportion of eggs with little black blobs in them .
They dont look very apetising, can anyone tell me what they are? I go ahead and cook and eat the eggs and they seem to be OK and so far no ill effects on me! Not sure if this is relevant, but the chooks are about 6 years old.

[joyfull]

are you sure they are black and not dark red blood bits? Sometimes when a hen is startled or frightened the red blobs appear in the eggs.

[8doubles]

From eHow.com

    Meat Spots

        A brown spot in a chicken egg is called a meat spot and will not harm you if consumed. Meat spots are excess reproductive tissue released from a hen's ovary following the formation of a yolk, and range in size from 0.5 to 3 mm. They may appear maroon, tan, gray or white. They are hereditary and more common in older hens. Aging blood spots can be mistaken for meat spots, indicating an old egg. Meat spots do not indicate that the egg is fertilized