Blood in eggs

[Renee_Pollito]

We are new to chickin rearin'. Our chickens are 7 months old and started laying about 2 months ago. This week we found an egg in it with quite a bit of blood IN it. A scary amount of blood. We had a rooster (accidentally) but we took him away 3 months ago, so it can't be that the egg was fertilized. Why would there be a large amount of blood INSIDE the egg? Any ideas??? Tks.

 

[Judy]

It has nothing to do with a rooster. It is a mistake in the egg laying machinery, I believe at the oviduct. It is unlikely to happen again, or at least only rarely. I've seen it about 3 times in 4 years. You can even eat the egg if you wish -- or scramble it and feed it back to the chickens.

 

[OregonChickenGal]

I had one the other day, which surprised me. In my years of having chickens, it was the first time for me. I know it does happen, no worries.