Bloody eggs for three days

[EmmaDonovan]

We've been getting one brown egg with blood on it for the past three days. We have 14 hens, 23-26 weeks old, they started laying on July 29th. The highest number of eggs we've collected in one day is 11. It's possible some hens aren't laying yet.

I checked everyone's vents and didn't find any blood. Everyone is moving and behaving normally. Eyes, ears, feathers, feet, beaks all look clean and healthy. Is there anything else I can do or watch out for?

 

[Mrs. K]

This sometimes happens, and it should just disappear. What I think happens, is there is a little tear when the hen lays the egg and gets a smear on the egg. It begins to heal up, and here comes another egg. Now, it is kind of like a scabby knee when you have wrecked the bike, each day the scab gets smaller, but if you pick the scab, it will still bleed till one day it is gone.

 

[EmmaDonovan]

Thanks. I hate to think that any of the hens are hurting in any way. I hope it resolves soon.

 

[Mrs. K]

It will, and it is not hurting that bad. You know like a skinned knee, the other day I nicked my thumb with the paring knife, a little irritating but not life threatening.

 

[EmmaDonovan]

That's good to know, thanks! We didn't find any eggs with blood on them today. It's possible she didn't lay which would give her some time to heal, or she did lay and she has already healed. Good either way.