Misshapen and oddly sized eggs

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This past week, my 2.5-3 year old red sexlink, Penny, started laying weird eggs. The first one was slightly longer than a normal egg. The next one was the same but also had a few spots where the shell had holes. Today she laid one with a ridge around the middle of it, like a belt. I know its her because she lays in my goats' hay basket while I'm doing chores. This morning, her best friend Rose ( same age & breed) joined her and laid a big bloody egg. She was a little ruffled afterwards, but is acting normally now and isn't bleeding anymore, and her vent looks normal.

I'm getting two or three more eggs a day from my other hens, and they're all normal, but I'm thinking something has to be up for two hens to be having problems. I'm feeding Nutrena 16% layer pellet, and they have about an acre to roam. I've read that it's either a calcium deficiency or excess, and am leaning toward deficiency, but I wanted to get a second opinion from you guys.

Another note about my flock is that they are likely positive for infectious coryza (an autopsied pullet was positive), but I don't know how that would play into the giant egg.
 
I don't currently have oyster shell for them, but I will if I need to.
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From to to bottom: normal egg( from another hen), bloody egg(Rose), pinhole egg(Penny), and banded egg(also Penny).
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Here's a close up of the egg with holes and the banded eggs.
 

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