blood on outside of egg?!

[hannahgriffi]

is this normal? this has never happened

before with our girls. could it be parasites?

 

[LaFleche]

Could this be a young pullet's first egg?

 

[hannahgriffi]

i believe it is my booted bantam’s first egg. because i know it can happen with new layers. she is my last bantam that hasn’t started laying yet.

 

[ChocolateMouse]

It happens sometimes. Pushing out a big egg is no easy feat. Sometimes it's indicative of a new layer or slight damage to the reproductive tract. Sometimes my older birds will have this happen for a few days and then have a permanent deformity in their eggs afterwards, indicating that there was a minor injury during lay that healed with a bit of scar tissue.

It's usually not a big deal but keep an eye on your girls for prolapse or other problems and make sure they have lots of good food, water and free choice calcium.