blood on the outside of egg...

[plc]

Collected my sex link brown egg this morning & it was bloody on the shell. She has only been laying for several weeks..this is a first.

Thoughts? She looks ok on the outside.

Thanks!!!

 

[littleluciex]

Im not sure if its normal one of my banties layed an egg with a little blot of blood and shes been fine since. Im not really sure what you could do, I know the eggs do seem to get get bigger with time. Hope someone can answer your question.

 

[ninabeast]

This happens to mine, too, although I've never had quite that much. I think they do get small tears from time to time. To the best of my knowledge, it's not an indicator of any other issues.

 

[JP101010]

just curious if its blood on the outside of the egg?- if you wet a paper towel and rub it does it turn the paper towel brown- if not then maybe its showing through from the inside of the egg?

 

[elmo]

Every once in a while I'll get an egg with a little blood on it like that. Last spring, I found two eggs on successive days with blood streaks, and the second one was a lot bloodier than the egg in your picture. I went around and checked chicken bums and discovered that our Hermione had an injury of some kind just inside her cloaca.

I encouraged her to go broody to give her insides a chance to heal up. Fortunately, she's of a breed of chicken that goes broody at the drop of a hat. After the broody period when she started laying again, she was fine and has been fine since.

 

[DDRanch]

Occasionally I will find a small amount of blood on an egg, although like ninbeast, not ever that much. If you don't know who laid it, I would agree to check all hen bottoms and make sure no one is injured. Having said that, I had no problems with mine, after the initial discovery. I did check every day though for about a week. Hope that helps.

 

[plc]

It was Rose the sex link. I looked at her bottom & I could see where it had seeped a little blood. I checked it a few hours later & it looked good as new

I will continue to check her for a while & make sure it isn't a problem.

Thanks for all the replies!

 

[steinway]

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How did you encourage her to go broody? I am new, no chickens yet, just learning and this is the first I heard of this.

 

[Egghead_Jr]

With our pullet eggs, first eggs or double yolkers, we've seen many a smidge of blood. Never thought anything more of it than: "Ouch! That must have smarted."

 

[trooper]

I am curious as how to get a hen to go broody also.I thought that was something they did on their own.Can this be done to any breed or just certain breeds.