Very bizarre blood-red, shell-less egg!

[aart]

At very top of thread, in original post.

I meant of these....

Did you cut open the red yolk and the chunk of possible lash?

 

[Henriettamom919]

Wow! Naturally I've no idea but I hope it's a bizarre, one or two of occurrence and your chicken is okay!

 

[MIChickandGuinea]

I meant of these....

Oh, sorry. No photos of the dissections and I already discarded. Here’s hoping I don’t have another egg like that today... but if I do, I will document more thoroughly.

 

[Henriettamom919]

Oh, sorry. No photos of the dissections and I already discarded. Here’s hoping I don’t have another egg like that today... but if I do, I will document more thoroughly.

For uneventful laying!

 

[VirginiaFarmerGirl]

Do you happen to have a honeysuckle bush? Is it producing berries? Chickens that eat the berries can produce blood red yolks.

It was reported to me some years back by one of my egg customers that they found a blood red yolk when they cracked open the egg. Sometimes a broken blood vessel can color a yolk as it journeys down the reproductive track. It's an isolated event. I've never had any further reports of red yolks since.

We have Japanese honeysuckle but it only gives followers not berries. Would the flower have the same affect? Are the blood red eggs safe to eat if they have a shell?

 

[azygous]

I don't know if all parts of the plant produce the red yolks, but the eggs are safe to eat. After all, Dr.Seuss was serving green ones that never seemed to hurt anyone.

 

[VirginiaFarmerGirl]

I don't know if all parts of the plant produce the red yolks, but the eggs are safe to eat. After all, Dr.Seuss was serving green ones that never seemed to hurt anyone.

That’s what I though. If you feed your chickens Shepherds purse their eggs turn green but are still safe to eat