Chicken Laying Blody Eggs without Yolks

[AllisonM]

We have one chicken laying these eggs that don't have formed yolks and have some blood in them. I think it's our broody buff orpington. Is this a sign of infection?

 

[EggWalrus]

Looks like there's yolk material in there, but it looks scrambled.
I've had a hen that her yolk cases were weak and half her eggs the yolk would bust when you cracked the egg, and the other half would be broken inside shell before cracking egg.

 

[TinyMight08]

That looks like diarrhea

 

[Eggcessive]

I once had a hen who laid eggs with blood in them, and had both yolk and albumen. That can be a common defect when a small blood vessel has been ruptured during the egg formation. There can be several possible causes that are listed in this article:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/common-egg-quality-problems.65923/
My hen started having this issue with each egg until she finally stopped laying at the age of 2 years.

 

[Eggcessive]

This is similar to what mine looked like:

 

[oldhen2345]

I once had a hen who laid eggs with blood in them, and had both yolk and albumen. .

I have also got a hen that lays bloody eggs. I have learned to crack them in a separate bowl because you never know. These aren't small blood streaks or little "meat" balls. I am glad to know I am not the only one. I had to stop giving her eggs to friends because it freaked them out. - truthfully, it freaks me too.

 

[Eggcessive]

They are safe to eat, but I had to stop giving away my darkest brown eggs to friends. I scrambled them for my chickens or my dogs to eat. They do gross people out.

 

[BullChick]

I think it's our broody buff orpington

Aside from the afore mentioned reasons, are you collecting eggs that have been forming a few days?

 

[AllisonM]

Aside from the afore mentioned reasons, are you collecting eggs that have been forming a few days?

Not sure what you mean by forming, but we just have three hens (no roo) so none are fertilized if that's what you mean?