Soft shelled egg laid with weird stuff inside... has anyone ever seen this or know what this is?

[Brinkki]

My two girls are 4 years old and last week my ameraucana laid a soft shelled egg on my patio chair that had “stuff” hanging out of it. I carefully took the egg in to take it apart.
The Shell was soft and inside the shell was a clear fluid. The next layer was a membrane that surrounded this thing that was covered in blood vessels and was about the size of a human eyeball and had the same pressure too. The yolk was on the inside of the blood vessels eyeball like thing.
Sally had laid an egg about 5 days before this weird one. She has been an inconsistent layer the last several months so this wasn’t uncommon but I am worried if something is wrong and this weird egg was a sign of something.
Has anyone ever seen something like this?

 

[Kiki]

I have not actually seen an egg like this before, thank you for sharing.
Sadly I don't think this is a good sign and I am not sure if there is anything you can do to "fix" this.

Have your girls ever had a respiratory illness?
You may find some answers here:

Common egg quality problems

 

[Brinkki]

Thanks for responding
No neither girl has had any respiratory issues. I have been looking and have not found anything that sounds like what I saw. Poor chickie

 

[Wyorp Rock]

The Shell was soft and inside the shell was a clear fluid. The next layer was a membrane that surrounded this thing that was covered in blood vessels and was about the size of a human eyeball and had the same pressure too. The yolk was on the inside of the blood vessels eyeball like thing.

I don't think I've ever seen anything like that, even in pictures.

The blood vessels are puzzling. @Eggcessive @coach723 @dawg53 @TwoCrows @speckledhen

 

[21hens-incharge]

That's a first for me as well.

Posting so I can follow along and learn.

 

[coach723]

I've never seen anything like that before. Hopefully someone will have an idea.
Does make me wonder if she has a reproductive issue going on and I would surely be keeping an eye on her. The chalaza/chalazae is there, looks like the red is the vitelline membrane, or what should have been. So this would have happened right after the yolk was released.

 

[dawg53]

Possibly an oviduct problem: Here's a link with different pics.
http://www.browneggblueegg.com/Article/WeirdEggs/WeirdEggs.html

 

[speckledhen]

I've seen something similar, though not exactly like that. So many things can happen with hens' reproductive systems, some not a sign of anything, some are, and you can't always know if it is bad or just a glitch.

This was what I was talking about, though no veins. That would say to me it was part of a yolk, just encasing other stuff it shouldn't have in it, but that's just a guess.

 

[TwoCrows]

Wow, I've never anything like this! I agree with the others, something is going on in her reproductive system, most likely not good. Definitely keep an eye out for internal laying, I personally would run some Amoxicillin through her just in case. 125mg per 2.2 pounds of bird, every 12 hours for 7 days.

Thanks for sharing.

 

[townchicks]

The blood vessels make it look like it may have been a tumor, possibly that broke loose at the same time as the yolk was released. Just a wild guess. If there is a veterinary school near you, you might get a pathologist to look at it for educational purposes. If you still have it, keep it in a ziplock bag in the fridge while you check around.