Rotten Egg - ovary infection?

[lafain12]

Good morning, I cracked an egg (that I collected yesterday) in my skillet this morning. It was blue/green liquid and had the worse smell ever (I worked in an ICU for years but I’ve never smelled anything worse). I’ve read some places this could be a sign of infection? My chickens don’t spend a lot of time inside (usually free ranging) but it has been very hot & humid on the east coast so I’m worried maybe she caught something? I only have 3 girls who are a little over a year old. I had been getting 3 eggs almost everyday but in the last month I’ve only been getting 2 most days so wondering if she’s the one who hasn’t been laying? Hard to distinguish color in that pic but it was green/blue.

 

[cherrynberry]

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[Wyorp Rock]

Good morning, I cracked an egg (that I collected yesterday) in my skillet this morning. It was blue/green liquid and had the worse smell ever (I worked in an ICU for years but I’ve never smelled anything worse). I’ve read some places this could be a sign of infection? My chickens don’t spend a lot of time inside (usually free ranging) but it has been very hot & humid on the east coast so I’m worried maybe she caught something? I only have 3 girls who are a little over a year old. I had been getting 3 eggs almost everyday but in the last month I’ve only been getting 2 most days so wondering if she’s the one who hasn’t been laying? Hard to distinguish color in that pic but it was green/blue.

What a nice surprise in an egg!

I'm sure you have thrown all that away by now, but that larger piece (chunk?) did you happen to inspect it at all/break it apart? I know that sounds terrible, but it does look like Salpingitis (lash egg/material) but I'm not sure if I've ever known it to be inside of a hard shell.

I might would consider it being an egg that was somehow missed and turned totally nasty during hot weather. Green/blue coloring would be bacterial growth seen in an egg that was damaged/cracked, but it would take days to grow - so possible?

If you have one hen that is not laying eggs - does she act anyway "off" - a little slower, abdomen below the vent between her legs bloated or with fluid?

Just brainstorming here.
IF I know which hen this came from, then I might consider administering an antibiotic to treat Salpingitis. Amoxicillin is what I would use. You can sometimes find that at TSC under "fish antibiotics" or you can order Fish Mox online. Dose for a chicken is 57mg per pound of weight given orally twice a day for 10-14 days.

 

[Eggcessive]

Could this egg have become lost in the coop or bedding after being missed? Was it cracked in any way? There are a few possibilities for blue green color in eggs, but I don’t think it included a rotten odor. Hopefully, this won’t happen again, but it would be good to know which one layed it, if it was fresh. Cottonseed oil in feed can turn eggs blue green inside, and of course staph or strep bacteria.