This is a first for us

[catiedfranklin]

My husband was making some breakfast this am and one of the eggs he cracked was very strange. The membrane was thicker and didn't let the egg crack open and the insides looked like blood. When I cracked it open the liquid was pinkish, only a dot of yellow yolk and the membrane attached to the egg shell was bloody looking and a very bad odor too. I've never seen this before and her eggs since then have been normal. She's an Americana (Easter Egger) and is going on 3 years old. What do y'all think??

 

[GodLovesU]

Is there a chance that the egg could have begun to incubate? This article lists some other common egg problems and their causes.

 

[Debbie292d]

Assuming you have a rooster and a broody hen, as that surely looks like a partially developed embryo.

Do you see a hen constantly sitting in one of the nests?