(Scorcher Eggs) Blood On The Shell Or Inside The Egg

*** Scorcher Eggs!!! - Blood On The Shell Or Inside The Egg ***

A question that gets asked a lot on The Poultry Pages is about, either blood on egg shells or blood actually inside the eggs themselves. Believe it or not this is quite a common issue but not usually a problem to be concerned about.I call egg's with blood on the shells 'SCORCHERS' ..., So let's talk scorchers (egg's with blood on them) first.

From time to time when you go to collect your eggs you will find eggs like these (shown in this first image) with blood on the shell. I like to call these SCORCHERS and they can happen for a number of reasons but the main one being NEW LAYERS. As the egg travels down the the oviduct it passes many blood vessels which can become cut or scraped causing blood to appear on the shell, it's quite common and usually not a issue to be concerned about.

Now let's talk about 

eggs with blood inside them...

Sometimes blood can also appear inside the egg (shown in this second image) due to a broken blood vessel or a tear in the oviduct, but don't panic as these are common and usually clear up on their own accord. When you buy eggs from the supermarket (for example) you never get this as these eggs are screened out and therefore never make it onto the supermarket shelves.

However blood inside the egg (shown in this third image) can happen as a result of other causes as well such as a prolapse, broken blood vessels, stuck eggs, large eggs and so on and could be a sign of worse things to come in which you may want to prepare yourself. You can find more information on eggs, issues, concerns and what causes oddities via our document here =>> by clicking here!!!


If you would like to watch this video of a chicken laying a rather big egg you you will understand why sometimes there is blood on the shells of eggs.

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