Strange Egg

[Sportsman94]

Anybody have any idea what this is? I went to check eggs tonight and found it in the nesting box. My chickens haven’t laid much in quite some time due to an over crowding issue. I finally have that fixed. Never seen anything like this in my couple years of chicken raising. Thanks

 

[BarnyardChaos]

THAT, my dear man @Sportsman94 , is called a "lash egg." It's not an egg at all, but just a mass of excess tissue, pus and icky stuff that the hen needed to get out of her system. It's a condition called Salpingitis, which is caused by one or more various infections of the oviduct.
Read here:
https://www.thepoultrysite.com/disease-guide/salpingitis
and here:
https://thefrugalchicken.com/lash-eggs-salpingitis/

 

[Sportsman94]

Thanks so much @BarnyardChaos! I knew my question would be answered in no time here

 

[ShaunJ421]

Yes. And it's very dangerous. Wash your hands really good. You shouldn't touch them with your bare hands. And disinfect everything it came in contact with.

 

[Chainsawcallie]

Get bird antibiotics now!! I treated my whole flock after my alpha Myrtle died from her lash egg ovarian infection.. it's a 50/50 that it's bacterial and not viral but if it's bacterial u will save your flock..

 

[Chainsawcallie]

I used amtyl.. I have one chicken that won't ever lay again because she got the ovarian infection that caused lash eggs also but she's healthy and happy..