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8/19/12 at 4:45am

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My Pekin, Trix, has recently started laying her morning egg near a water bucket & breaking it open. Why would she do this?

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8/19/12 at 5:13am

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Do you see her break it? Is the shell soft?

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8/19/12 at 6:01am

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Maybe she stepped on it.

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8/19/12 at 11:55am

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New layers can have very soft shells and the pekin can crush an egg with it's weight and a soft shell makes it even easier. I have had 2 soft shelled eggs and one was broken. If they do it on purpose then they would probably eat the egg, Mine did not.

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