Egg issues

[chrismath88]

I think my light Sussex is laying 2 eggs a day fairly regularly but one of the two is always soft shelled, I'm only guessing its the light Sussex as the eggs seem similar shapes/sizes, I have a broody auracana who could be laying the soft shelled eggs but I thought broody hens stop laying? And the egg size doesn't match her's as she's always laid very small eggs. Should I be worried and is there anything I can do? They all seem healthy I've noticed no signs of ill health.


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[ChickenCanoe]

A true broody won't lay eggs or there would be a staggered hatch.

It's not normal to lay more than 1 egg in 25 hours and if it's happing, it's not good.

One being soft shelled may make sense since there may not be enough calcium available to build the second shell.

http://www.alltech.com/sites/default/files/alltech-egg-shell-quality-poster.pdf