First Egg!!! (And Bloody Egg...)

[RedBreasted]

I just wants to make a thread to share that my Easter Egger laid her first egg since last March that I got her as a 2 days old chick. It is a green egg, was expecting blue since her name is blueberry. But on top of it is a bloody egg (yes I only have 5 hens) and is either coming from my Amber White or Buff Orpington. Just wanna know if anythings wrong.

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

Congrats on the first EE egg!
Bloody eggs happen from time to time - there is a lot of vasulature in the reproductive tract and all it takes is one tiny rupture to end up with what looks like a LOT of blood on an egg. Unless it becomes a common occurrence it's really nothing to be worried about.

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

One other thought - was the blood smeared like that when you found the egg, or is that a result of you handling it? Asking as it could be blood from an internal source of the bird that laid the egg *or* the result of a wounded foot or other blood source that got onto the bottom of a foot and then smeared around as the bird walked over the egg.

 

[RedBreasted]

One other thought - was the blood smeared like that when you found the egg, or is that a result of you handling it?  Asking as it could be blood from an internal source of the bird that laid the egg *or*  the result of a wounded foot or other blood source that got onto the bottom of a foot and then smeared around as the bird walked over the egg.

It was already smeared like that. When I go pick the eggs, it was dry but a little wet. And it looks like there's a chance my Brown Leghorn could have bumble foot because the middle toe on the right leg is swollen for over a month now. And she look like she's limping a little bit when walking.