includes [in its prohibition] chicks that have not yet opened their eyes! — This [latter] prohibition is only Rabbinic and the verse adduced is merely a support. Our Rabbis taught: The exudation of eggs is permitted. Addled eggs may be eaten by those who are not squeamish. If there was found on it a spot of blood, the blood must be thrown away and rest [of the egg] may be eaten. R. Jeremiah said: This is so, provided it was found upon the knot. Dosthai, the father of Aptoriki, taught: This rule applies only if [the spot of blood was] found on the white, but if found on the yolk the whole egg is forbidden, for the decay has spread over the entire [egg]. R. Gebiha of Be-Kathil said to R. Ashi, A Tanna once recited this statement before Abaye in just the reverse form, but Abaye corrected him so as to make it agree with the above. Hezekiah said: Whence do we know that the egg of an unclean bird is prohibited by the Torah? Because it is written: And the bath ha-ya'anah. Now has the ya'anah a daughter? It can only mean the egg of an unclean bird. But perhaps this is its actual name? — This cannot be, for it is written: The daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ye'enim [ostriches] in the wilderness. But on the other hand it is written: I will make a wailing like the jackals, and a mourning like the benoth ya'anah [ostriches]. — There it means, as the ya'anah mourns for its young. But there is also written: And benoth ya'anah [ostriches] shall dwell there! — It means as the ya'anah dwells with its young. But there is also written: The beasts of the field shall honour Me, the jackals and the benoth ya'anah [ostriches], and if you were to say that it refers to the egg, [it will be asked.] Can an egg sing hymns [unto the Lord]? — Indeed both ya'anah and bath ya'anah are [found] written, but in this particular instance it is different, since the scribe has divided the word into two; (and since the scribe has divided itᵃᵇᶜᵈᵉᶠᵍʰⁱʲᵏˡᵐⁿᵒᵖᵠʳˢᵗ