Hen laid leathery egg filled with blood

[ckoscinski]

Hi. Has anyone every seen anything like this? One of my girls laid it this past Sat. I have 6 hens. All but one still lays eggs so I'm assuming it came from her. She hasn't laid since since last spring. I brought it to my Avian vet and she said she has never seen anything like it before. I am bringing Lily ( the non layer) to her tomorrow to examine. Otherwise, no one seems sick. They all act and look healthy and happy. Any insight would be greatly appreciated.

 

[SIMZ]

That is probably what is described as a "lash egg". https://thefrugalchicken.com/lash-eggs-salpingitis/ Look up some pictures online and see what you think.

 

[ckoscinski]

thanks. All the pictures I've seen of lash eggs, none look like mine. All the pictures show a lash egg as being hard boiled like and none filled with blood. Mine was a soft shell filled with jelly like blood. Update on vet appointment. When I put Lily back in the pen there was a soft shelled fairy egg on the ground that wasn't there when we left. It looked like a normal soft shell egg (with no blood in it) filled with egg white. So, with that being said, I think I took the wrong chicken. Ugg. The Dr. said Lily looked healthy but gave her shots of calcium, myacom (? on the spelling - mixture of C and D) oxytetracycline to be safe. I'm not sure what to do now. I got 5 eggs today, 2 blue and 3 brown, so I know it's not one of my EE's that laid the soft shelled egg. And now I have to figure out what egg shade Lily lays so as to not have to trash all 3 brown eggs because of the antibiotic she got today. And then of course, figure out who is the sick one.

 

[SIMZ]

Sometimes it's a challenge to figure out which chicken lays which eggs! I hope you get it sorted out and figure out which hen is having the problem. Keep us posted!

 

[ckoscinski]

Thank you. I've been sitting with them all morning. So far one EE, the older RIR and one of the young RIR have laid their eggs. The other 3 are grooming themselves. Thankfully the weather here in SE PA is not so bad today. Their pen is at 68° right now.