Is this normal?

[HeatherTheMommy]

Im totally new to chickens and some of my hens just began to lay. Is this normal? I found a blood spot in the yolk of one. We had a rooster but rehomed him about a month ago. Is this a ferrilized egg????

 

[ChickenCanoe]

A blood spot isn't a fertile egg. It is just when a blood vessel ruptures in the infundibulum or magnum of the reproductive tract. It happens from time to time.

A sign of a fertile egg is when the little white dot on the yolk (blastodisc) becomes a halo (blastoderm)
http://www.edencsd.org/Page/1496

You don't see blood spots in store eggs any more because the automated sorting candles and rejects them.

 

[Lozuufy]

Bloodspots do not mean it is fertilized, it is just a bit of blood that got in he egg as it was being made

Here is a thread that shows what a fertilized egg looks like https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/16008/how-to-tell-a-fertile-vs-infertile-egg-pictures

 

[HeatherTheMommy]

Ive read that continous lighting can cause it? I do have a red light in my coop at night that comes on at 7pm. If i dont put it on they dont go into the coop. Should i turn it off once everyone is in the coop?

 

[ChickenCanoe]

I never heard that but continuous light is a problem. They need a light/dark cycle just like all animals. Yes, turn the light off once they're inside. After a few days they should go in without a light.