Blood under the shell?

[joymac]

I found this egg this morning in my coop, obviously some kind of internal issue but I've never seen it before. It really looks more blood-red than is shown in the photo. Any ideas? Unfertilized as I don't have roosters.

 

[MysteryChicken]

I found this egg this morning in my coop, obviously some kind of internal issue but I've never seen it before. It really looks more blood-red than is shown in the photo. Any ideas? Unfertilized as I don't have roosters. View attachment 3759363

Do you have Black Copper Marans? Sometimes their eggs will look more red, then brown/dark brown.

 

[MysteryChicken]

The pigmentation for brown eggs uses Hemoglobin, the same protein that contains iron in Red Blood Cells.

 

[nuthatched]

It's just a dark egg.

 

[joymac]

Do you have Black Copper Marans? Sometimes their eggs will look more red, then brown/dark brown.

I do have one and when I looked back at this egg I thought it must be hers! So it seems to have a beige covering over it, is that unusual?

 

[MysteryChicken]

I do have one and when I looked back at this egg I thought it must be hers! So it seems to have a beige covering over it, is that unusual?

Not sure what you mean by a beige covering.

 

[joymac]

Not sure what you mean by a beige covering.

It looks to me like a layer that should have sloughed off.

 

[MysteryChicken]

It looks to me like a layer that should have sloughed off.

All I see is dirt, & a peice of membrane.