Absolutely. Again, the chalaza is a totally normal part of an egg, but if seeing it unsettles your stomach, don't worry—they tend to disappear after cooking. Even though seeing a white string next to a yellow yolk might throw you off, it's actually a sign of freshness when the chalaza is visible in a raw egg.

Is there Rooster sperm in eggs?

An egg yolk is basically a bag of concentrated food for the development of a chicken embryo if the egg is fertilized. ... If the egg were fertilized, it would have genetic information from the mother hen and from the rooster's sperm, but it wouldn't actually be rooster sperm. Anyway, most chicken eggs are unfertilized.

Why do eggs have chalazae?

In the eggs of most birds (not of the reptiles), the chalazae are two spiral bands of tissue that suspend the yolk in the center of the white (the albumen). The function of the chalazae is to hold the yolk in place. In baking, the chalazae are sometimes removed in order to ensure a uniform texture.