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Update: This morning the hen laid a basically normal egg, although similar to what she had been producing lately -- pale, with a slightly darker rough area at the large end. At least a step in the right direction.

Just discovered two eggs with the same size. shape, and color as the ones the Sussex had been laying before, but not in nests, on the floor of the coop. Both had very thin, almost paper-like shells -- just a thin layer of calcium over the membrane. So that's why I haven't been seeing any eggs...

The hen is almost a year old, from hatchery May of last year. Always healthy and active, no problems, although always slightly on the small side. (Weighed just 31 grams when I got her.) Laying steadilly since mid December last year until now. The hen has been sitting in a nesting box for a while...

A few days ago, I found a small abnormal egg in a nesting box. It was a bit less than an inch in diameter and soft-shelled. (The "shell" was a thin membrane.) Inside, there was some albumin (but no yolk), surounding a grayish object about the size and shape of an almond or slightly bigger. Cut...