Yep, not that uncommon to have a capillary in the vent burst and cause a blood smear.I was surprised with this when I went to collect eggs this late afternoon. I’ve never had it happen to me before.
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Looks like blood to me. Everyone was out and about and scratching to and fro so I didn’t panic. Nothing was is the nest box. I checked. It is a white’ish egg so I knew it either came from my Andalusian (Iris) or Daisy. I waited for my hubby to come home from work and once they were all up on the roosts for the night, that was when we checked both girls. Daisy’s vent looked normal to me. We checked Iris’s and she’s got some spiky feather shafts down there. Maybe 1/2 in long? Give or take. It almost looks like the feathers are trying to grow towards (and down in to) her vent. Could those spikes cause the blood issue? We are thinking she was the one that laid the egg. If she did, it does look bigger than what she’s laid before so maybe it is just a big egg? I haven’t cracked open the egg yet. We were going to do so in the morning. Anyone else have an egg come out like this before?