I have the same problem, so I hope you don't mind if I piggyback off of your post:D. We got chicks 4 months ago, and now we have two pretty girls and their 2 roos. However, we also have an existing flock of 5 two and three year old hens who have lived with roosters before, but only for a short...
Wow. I'm not entirely sure what is going on with your poor hen, but have you tried upping her daily serving of calcium to harden her eggshells? I could be that she doesn't have enough calcium in her system so she can't produce enough eggshell, hence, the really soft egg. The shell you sound...
Our two year old red star has a strange limp and I can't figure out the source . I think that the limp started as a result of an over zealous, virile young rooster we used to have, because he was pretty big and she was his favorite. It started last week, and she still favors her left foot/leg. I...