I have an ALV infected flock, but they are healthy with no symptoms or deaths. I actually thought it was gone, bought a bunch of chicks from hatchery, and then decided to test my flock. They came back positive. I suspect I even got ALV from hatching eggs, as that flock started dying off around...
Thanks for the photo and the explanation. The one thing that was confusing was the fact that there weren't smears...but everything but that matched up. So I guess I just assumed it would've been blood
Seeing that picture of the other eggs put it in perspective though. Thank you!
I wrote my last reply before realizing there was a page 2. Oops.
I'm still pretty sure it was blood. I understand the idea of it being smeared streaks versus spots, but I swear these were blood specks. The color of the egg was a beautiful brown after it was all taken off, that matched...
No it was. It had the smell of iron when it got wet. I didn't have to scrub hard and was first coming off with a papertowel. I work with blood on a daily basis as I am a vet tech and it was blood. It must've been her first egg and streatxhed the tissue to much to make her bleed.
Thank you...
Well...mystery solved! It was a bunch of blood specks on that egg! It was hard to rub off with a paper towel and turned the white that tell-tale rust color when blood gets wet. Luckily I work at a vet clinic! I had to use the scrubby side of a dish sponge to gently get it all off under cool...
Thanks for all of the comments! Maybe ill wipe the egg just to make sure the spots aren't blood. Or maybe it is just a regular brown egg with specks. I had a silkie egg with specks on day one then not again yet. I guess the specks aren't as uniform as shell color is.
I'm going to assume your australorp laid that one. Same color as mine do plus its a big breed bird. Most likely a double yolker, maybe triple, if that's possible!
Go to the uploads tab and upload your egg! Then wait for it to save and copy the image link into the forum text box so we all can see it! Put it next to a normal egg.