Help-bloody eggshell

[quinault]

One of my eggs that is hatching in the incubator has a big piece of shell off and it is bloody underneath. I've never incubated before and dont know if this is normal or not? Chick is still moving....

Twila

 

[Mahonri]

IF the chick is still moving, it's probably OK... it must have pipped or zipped into a little vein. Watch it.

 

[KatyTheChickenLady]

Yes I too was quite surprised by the amount of "bloodyness" on the inside of regularly hatching eggs.