Silent Bob has been laying weak (not wrinkled) shells--some broken, some really soft--and both of our two chooks have egg whites, that, when you break them into the fry-pan, the whites are sort of opaque when they cook and don't look appetizing. Their yolks look fine.
They have full access to...
We have 3 RIR's (all about 3 yrs old) and one of them has been laying soft or weak shelled eggs over the last year. They're free range for most of the day and have full access to their food and plenty of water.
It's very sporadic and we've only caught one of them in the act of laying an egg...
We have 5 RIR's and don't know if this is from them, er what. Anyone know what this might be? It was not stiff and if you straightend it out, would have been about 3-4" long.
I've got Ruby separated from the other three right now. She's been maybe #2 or so in the pecking order and everything was fine yesterday, which was July 4th. There was a bit of noise last night, but we're in a rural area and when I checked on the gurgles during the night, they seemed fine...