Gross blood clot soft shelled egg!

[Charlene]

I thought my BR laid a soft shelled egg today. It would be her first. But on closer inspection it had a big blood clot in it, a little bigger than a normal yolk. It was firm and really gross. So gross, I forgot to take a pic.

She seems okay, is that the end of the story? It's been hot here the last week and she wasn't laying well. I don't have a rooster though I thought it looked like an embryo at first (but I think it can't be).

Any thoughts? Is this normal-ish? I am scared I'm going to open one of the regular eggs and find a big blood clot. Ugh, that would be really bad.

 

[Wynette]

For clarification: There was a big blood clot INSIDE a soft shelled or, or the egg ITSELF looked like a big blood clot?

 

[Charlene]

There was a big blood clot inside the shoft shelled egg.

I just remembered that that chicken ate a baby mouse last week. That wouldn't be related, would it?

 

[Wynette]

Nope, that would be a whole different set of plumbing (mouse eaten).

Gosh, without a picture, it's VERY hard to tell what it may have been. If she lays another like it, get a few good pics!