Broken egg every day

[ChickaBob]

Hi everyone.

I keep getting a broken egg every day basically.

I believe it is my columbian X. Haven't seen one of her eggs in a while. (I only have 4 so i know there eggs well)

She is pretty large compared to the other chickens. My 2 nesting boxes were like 12X10X10.5". Was fine for the first year (2 years old).
She has become quit big. I removed the divider of the 2 nesting boxes so its 1 big one but it still seems like it is happening.

Is she eating the egg or is it possible she is just to big and breaks it every day????

Thoughts?

Thanks

 

[LilFinnGirl]

Do you have any photos of the eggs? How are they broken? One peck, or completely smashed?

 

[nuthatched]

Diet? Age?

 

[ChickaBob]

Completely broken.
2 years old. They are eating mash with calcium suppliments. Plus compost.
I am battling some mites right now. Is it possible she is scratching while laying? or rubbing her belly and breaking the egg?

Her tummy feathers are kinda flimsy and I can see some skin. Feather are a little thinned. No open wounds it appears.

Possibly related?

 

[aart]

eating mash with calcium suppliments.

Brand and models(showing protein and calcium percentages)...links?

Was there shell remaining and was it thick or thin?

 

[ChickaBob]

Brand and models(showing protein and calcium percentages)...links?

Was there shell remaining and was it thick or thin?

I do not have the package anymore, I am sorry.
Shell is thick, seems normal.
If there are any canadians here it is mash from Sharpes Farm supplies who are pretty big in Ontario.

 

[LilFinnGirl]

If shell is thick/normal, my first guess is that she may be eating them.

 

[ChickaBob]

If shell is thick/normal, my first guess is that she may be eating them.

Would she eat all the eggs then or just her own?
All the others are fine all the time.

And most of it is not eaten. Just smashed everywhere and i have to clean it up.

 

[McChooky]

My older girls won't lay in anything but a community nest box and my 1 yr old leghorns fight them over it. I've started making a 2nd community nest box but it isn't finished yet .Isolate the suspect in a crate a couple days to see if she eats her eggs

 

[ChickaBob]

My older girls won't lay in anything but a community nest box and my 1 yr old leghorns fight them over it. I've started making a 2nd community nest box but it isn't finished yet .Isolate the suspect in a crate a couple days to see if she eats her eggs

Good advice but not practical for me. I live in a bigger city. She is already embarrassingly loud sometimes. I do everything in my power to get her to not squak before 7am. If she were crated she would piss the neighbour hood off 24/7