Inside of egg

[Rick&Chris]

Good Job!!

I stand by this.....
Doesn't really look like membrane.
Do you know which bird?
Age and how long laying?(I might have missed that, sorry)
Would be good to know who, but realize it's not often possible.

I have 10 girls, all almost 8 months old (hatch date 09/24). Very first egg was laid on February 24. I have no idea which hen this came from, I average nine or so per day! They are hard working.

I imagine the only thing I can do is crate them overnight until they lay an egg. But I guess there’s no guarantee that this could happen again, or when I would see it.

 

[aart]

I have 10 girls, all almost 8 months old (hatch date 09/24). Very first egg was laid on February 24. I have no idea which hen this came from, I average nine or so per day! They are hard working.

....and probably all the same breed?

I imagine the only thing I can do is crate them overnight until they lay an egg. But I guess there’s no guarantee that this could happen again, or when I would see it.

Yeah, that often doesn't work, confinement stress will keep them from laying BTDT.
True that it could be a 'one off' and you'll never see it again.
I wouldn't worry unless you do see it again.

 

[Rick&Chris]

....and probably all the same breed?

Yeah, that often doesn't work, confinement stress will keep them from laying BTDT.
True that it could be a 'one off' and you'll never see it again.
I wouldn't worry unless you do see it again.

Not all the same breed, barred rocks, buff Orpington’s, silver and gold Wyandots, black sex link, true whitings. Two of each.

Was nasty to see that when I opened up the egg, now I have to alert all of my friends and family that I give eggs to.

If it is a possible infection, is it worth treating the entire flock?

 

[aart]

Not all the same breed, barred rocks, buff Orpington’s, silver and gold Wyandots, black sex link, true whitings. Two of each.

Are the egg all the same color shape...might be able to tell some of them apart.

If it is a possible infection, is it worth treating the entire flock?

If it is salpingitis, I don't believe that it is contagious. As for treating, I am not one to use antibiotics, so I don't know. I euthanize sick birds.

 

[Rick&Chris]

Are the egg all the same color shape...might be able to tell some of them apart.

If it is salpingitis, I don't believe that it is contagious. As for treating, I am not one to use antibiotics, so I don't know. I euthanize sick birds.

Most of my birds lay brown eggs, only the true whitings lay greenish/blue.

I hope this is just a fluke and doesn’t happen again. That would make me really sad

 

[Rick&Chris]

@aart and @azygous - I just cleaned my coop (I usually do it at 7am, but am having a late day) and just saw this on the roosting bar. I checked all their butts and didn’t see anything resembling blood. One of my buff Orpingtons is sitting in the nest box and squawking at everyone that comes near her (broody or sick?) - I just took away 5 eggs and she went right back into the box. I can’t feel anything around her vent when I touch the outside.

Appreciate your thoughts.

 

[azygous]

Your hen sounds broody. If she behaves in a very irritable way, puffing up, screaming at you if you try to touch her, and even trying to hammer your hand with her beak, she's likely broody.

As for the mystery blood, that can happen from time to time if a chicken stubs their toe and breaks a nail. It bleeds heavily for a very short time, and then you'd need to examine every chicken's toes to discover who broke a nail. These heal so quickly, we never even notice most of the time.

The same applies to comb injuries that occur quite regularly when there's a difference of opinion, it bleeds heavily for a few minutes, then stops, leaving a dark scab that is very hard to notice unless you look for such an injury. Chickens take these injuries in stride, and we get used to them, too, not getting too worried as long as everyone is accounted for and behaving normally.

This last week a rooster injured a hen pretty severely, and it was very obvious right away who the victim was. So if there's a smear or splatter of mystery blood and no obvious victim, just wipe it off and forget about it.

 

[Kiki]

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I still had it in the trash, dug it out and this is all that was left other than the yolk which was completely destroyed and absorbed into a paper towel. One picture is with flash the other without. Ignore the yolk on the plate, I used a breakfast plate from this morning.

This is not normal...in my opinion.

 

[azygous]

I take it that irregular pinkish tissue is what's left of the egg we've been discussing. Not being able to touch it for texture, slice into it to see it's inner structure, or see how heavy an dense it may be, I am only able to guess that it's tissue from the inside of the reproductive track that happened to slough off as the egg was being formed.

Unless this hen becomes lethargic, off her feed, and passes more of this stuff, either inside eggs or in poop, I still feel there's no immediately cause for concern.

 

[Rick&Chris]

I take it that irregular pinkish tissue is what's left of the egg we've been discussing. Not being able to touch it for texture, slice into it to see it's inner structure, or see how heavy an dense it may be, I am only able to guess that it's tissue from the inside of the reproductive track that happened to slough off as the egg was being formed.

Unless this hen becomes lethargic, off her feed, and passes more of this stuff, either inside eggs or in poop, I still feel there's no immediately cause for concern.

Thank you! It was gooey at first, but when I took it out of the trash a day later, it was thicker (I’m assuming it was drying out) - did you see that photo? Nothing to really cut, and the yolk was very ‘yolk-like’ with the exception of the outer coating.

I appreciate everyone’s input, I’ll keep an eye on the girls and hope it doesn’t happen again (especially in an egg that I give away)!