Hen laying deformed eggs

[WillowMoonWyandottes]

I have a Heritage Rhode Island Red hen that is all of a sudden laying deformed eggs, she is supposedly 1 year old from the breeder I got her from and she is on Purina layer chicken food. She layed a fairy egg two days ago and the next egg was normal and now today she has layed an oddly shaped egg. She has layed odd shaped eggs before but it was pretty minor and had started laying normal eggs, should I be concerned and what could be causing it?

 

[ChickenCanoe]

They don't look too bad. I probably wouldn't be concerned unless you are planning on breeding her to a good RIR rooster and continue the line..

 

[WillowMoonWyandottes]

They don't look too bad. I probably wouldn't be concerned unless you are planning on breeding her to a good RIR rooster and continue the line..

I’ve actually hatched chicks from her already, her eggs were perfect when I hatched from her. Just curious as to why it started happening again, I thought it was just a one time thing to begin with but she has started doing it again.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Usually if the problem is a respiratory disease, they produce wrinkly eggs but these don't look like that. It just looks like a dent or flat sided egg.

 

[WillowMoonWyandottes]

Today she layed a double yolk, this egg is very big and she had a very hard time laying it, I guess she is just going to be prone to laying weird eggs

 

[AprilsZoo]

Perhaps the breeder was wrong about her supposed age & it’s possible she’s not quite 1 yr. old... thus maybe she is still young enough to be working out the kinks.

 

[OrlandoMama]

I have a Heritage Rhode Island Red hen that is all of a sudden laying deformed eggs, she is supposedly 1 year old from the breeder I got her from and she is on Purina layer chicken food. She layed a fairy egg two days ago and the next egg was normal and now today she has layed an oddly shaped egg. She has layed odd shaped eggs before but it was pretty minor and had started laying normal eggs, should I be concerned and what could be causing it?

Man that’s nothing! She’ll be fine. I used to have a friend who’s hen laid eggs that were shaped like curved gourds!! They were the coolest things ever but I’m sure the girlie probably had a hard time.