Help...one of my girls laid an odd egg!!!

[chickfamilyonsleepyhollow]

Today we got seven eggs from our six girls (6 month old red sex links) --- one egg is a jumbo (like the size of a ostrich egg) and one egg has an almost opague shell that is thin and rubbery - the other five eggs were normal ... I'm wondering can a hen lay more than one egg in a day?

does a soft shell mean anything and is it edible?

Here's a picture of 3 of the eggs:

 

[Illia]

It is just fine, don't worry.

When a pullet is just beginning to lay eggs, she can do all sorts of weird things during the beginning of her cycle. That includes soft shells, shell-less eggs, double yolkers, odd shaped eggs, odd color patterns on eggs, etc.

Honestly I've eaten soft shelled eggs and even shell-less eggs before and they were just fine. (Just as long as you eat them soon, as the shell is what protects them from bacterial infections)

 

[Speck]

I had a jumbo egg like that last week...ended up having two yolks...the perfect ratio of yolk to whites for having on a piece of toast!