Help!I don't know what to do!

[birdsofthefarm]

We got a roo a few days ago and all of a sudden, one of our hens has been laying eggs with blood spots in them and now is broody

, she has never done this before and I am worried

. The roo is 4 or 5 months old and the hen is 8 or 9 months. Please Help!! I don't know what to do

 

[meriruka]

Not sure about the blood spots........but being broody won't hurt her as long as you're sure it IS broodiness and she's not injured by the roo. I suspect most of my silkie hens go broody just to avoid the roo, not to hatch eggs!

 

[fordmommy]

I read in a forum a couple days ago that the blood spot is from the hen not the roo and is normal.

 

[Ridgerunner]

These two sites discuss blood spots in eggs, what might cause them and how to treat. I'm afraid the cause could be so many different things it is going to be hard to nail down. Diet is certainly one possibility, either lack of certain vitamins or moldy food. But those are certainly not the only possible causes. Maybe you can see something in these sites that would explain it. Many people occasionally have eggs with blood spots and just live with it.

It is also possible that adding the rooster could be a contributing factor, not so much that it is a rooster, especially considering how young he is, but that adding any chicken could upset the pecking order and cause excitement.

Egg Quality Handbook
http://www.thepoultrysite.com/ourbooks/1/egg-quality-handbook/

Egg Problems
http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/library/lvstk2/ep127.pdf

Adding the rooster probably has nothing to do with the hen going broody. Going broody is due to hormones. Many hens go broody with no rooster present and many hens never go broody with a rooster present. Maybe the hormonal changes in the hen going broody were what triggered the blood spots. I really don't know.

Since she is broody, you have two options. Put some fertile eggs under her and let her hatch them or break her from being broody. Being broody is hard on a hen and it is not fair to just leave her in that condition indefinitely. In case you decide to break her from being broody, here's a link that discusses it.

Break a Broody Thread
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=2176186#p2176186

Good luck!

 

[gritsar]

The rooster himself didn't cause the blood spots. Plenty of hens lay eggs with blood spots without a rooster in the flock.
Adding the rooster could have caused stress, which may have contributed to the blood spots.

 

[birdsofthefarm]

THank You all, I was soo worried