Lash egg? Ovary?

[Maddycarriker]

Can someone please help identify what might be going on with my chicken? What should I do? Should I be worried about my other hens? Thank you!

 

[nuthatched]

Can you stomach cutting it open?

 

[Weeg]

I agree, cutting it open will give us a lot of clues as to what us going in here.

 

[Maddycarriker]

Can you stomach cutting it open?

Well I WOULD have but my husband just picked it up (with gloves) and disposed of it…

 

[samanthaoverton]

Uggh..

 

[Weeg]

Without being able to cut it open it’s hard to know for sure, but I do think it looks like lash material, which means Salpingitis. I know others typically treat with antibiotics. I’m not sure if Salpingitis is an infection that can be held at bay such as a respiratory infection, or if she will eventually succumb to it. I would assume your other birds have the disease, though I don’t have any personal experience, so can’t say whether they will carry it for life or not.

 

[Weeg]

Tagging some members who will have a more informative answer for you.
@Wyorp Rock @Eggcessive @azygous

 

[nuthatched]

Well I WOULD have but my husband just picked it up (with gloves) and disposed of it…

I can't blame him, that was a vile looking thing.

 

[azygous]

If you keep chickens long enough, you will see all manner of vile things come out of their butts. Most, while gross, are not worrisome. That yolk is what you get when a major blood vessel breaks along the oviduct. Just be thankful you didn't discover it in your breakfast frying pan. It will likely never ever happen again.

I've been keeping chickens for fifteen-sixteen years, and I've only had one such egg in all these years.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Curious. Did this come from a pullet or young hen, by chance?