Hen layed a chicken tender? Yuk.

[Attila the Hen]

Today I found an object about 3 inches long that I thought was a compressed eggshell mass. I pulled it apart and it looked just like a piece of chicken that had been cooked. It shredded and in fact one bit looked like chicken skin.
I have been having egglaying issues for months. Paper thin shells and few eggs. I have changed feed, they have oyster shell and free range over about 1/2 acre (in the woods) I have added protein on and off and ground up my own calcium supplements which I provide maybe once a week.
I am not relying on their eggs and not complaining about how many eggs I do or don't get. I am only concerned that they are alright. I do probably feed too many snacks (bananas, peanuts, rice etc, however, I have always done that.
Any ideas on what I found in the coop and why these egglaying issues persist?
thank you

 

[farmerChef]

Are all of your hens having the egg problems?
Where did they come from?
How old are they?
Can you post pics of your hens and eggs?

 

[Attila the Hen]

This was obviously taken in the winter, but they look the same now. They are BOs and I think they are all having egglaying problems. One keeps laying very tiny eggs with no yolk. They are all trying to lay daily but I can only get one egg every few days because the others are broken. I bought them from the local coop just over 2 years ago. One dropped dead in the first year. I suspect there s something wrong with the breed. I won't cull because they are pets--even if they never lay another egg.

 

[Happy Chooks]

Sounds like a lash. She's probably laying internally and it will lead to egg peritonitis - unfortunately there is not anything you can do.