I need help with my chicken eggs

[kar8mr]

I am about to throw all my eggs away. I have for the past month having been getting chicken eggs that are full of blood, not spot but full of blood. I collect them once a day and it is not hot about 70 outside if it gets hot i collect twice a day. Theses eggs look bloody with like a blood clot or a dark blood. It maybe a forming chick but i have no clue on how. I put them in the fridge after i collect them. I am getting grossed out. I get at least 6-8 eggs like this a day. Any ideas on what this is would be very helpfully!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[WhetzelMomma]

From what I can tell by reading on line, it's a ruptured blood vessel that happened when they egg was forming in the hen. Got mixed answers about eating it or not. (I don't think I could/would) but it's normal, and NOT an aborted chick. I'd keep an eye out for which hen it is. If she doesn't out grow this, she may need to be culled.

 

[SmittenChicken]

I'm really new to chickens and haven't seen more than the normal blood spots so I don't have any advice for you - but I'm really curious to hear what the more experienced members have to say. The fact that you're getting 6 a day suggests to me that it's either something with the feed or something infectious, unless there's a normal explanation for it.

It sounds like you're getting a lot of blood in the eggs instead of just a normal blood or meat spot? Is it attached to the yolk? Can you post a picture? or if not, estimate how much blood you're seeing in the eggs? Good luck and keep us posted!

 

[kar8mr]

From what i have studied some answer i have found could be vitman A definece. How do u give vitmans? There is no yolk just blood and clear liquid mixed togther. There is not a form of a chick at all. One i opened tonight had look like veins on the shell but went nowhere. I have looked at how chicks are made and what they look like in stages and it looks like none of that. i know it looks gross and have not found much info on it. And now my chickens are molting so i get 2 eggs a day out 26 chickens but i think i need a break anyways this is just gross and not quiting. I have had theses chickens for 2 years and 6 months but the younger ones are not laying yet so i know it is a older chicken. I have learned to break them one at a time.I tried to float them to see if it would make a difference and it does not float.

 

[PunkinPeep]

I don't know the answer to your question, but to get some answers from the more experienced/knowledgeable members here, i would suggest changing the topic title of this thread to something more specific, like "Freshly Laid Eggs Filled With Blood," or something like that to attract more attention.

I hope you find your answer, and i'll be following so i can learn. I haven't read/heard about this before.

 

[sgtmom52]

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I keep this on hand all the time Vitamins/Electrolytes. You can get it at Tractor Supply ~ an 8 oz package costs about $4. and makes 110 gallons of drinking water.

Can you post a picture of the inside of your eggs ~ maybe someone can help if they see what is going on.

 

[WhetzelMomma]

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Then it may be that one of your older hens is nearing the end of her laying cycle? I know that they start laying funky eggs like pullets will lay "practice" eggs and no shelled eggs.