odd behavior and egg

[king4]

I have 5 reds that are roughly 20 weeks old and about 3 weeks ago I started getting 2-3 eggs a day. Now today I got 5 but I noticed 1 had a large amount of bloom on it and one of my girls was acting different, kinda standing in one spot and not as "spunky" as the rest of them. I refilled their water bucket and went back inside, after about a half hour went back out to check on her and noticed the others running around fighting over something. Upon further investigation it looked to be the shell of a soft shelled egg and there was a slimy substance on the ground which I'm assuming was the inside if the egg. So my question is does this sound like anything I should be concerned about. Please any info would be greatly appreciated.Thanks

 

[RussianChickens]

Hmm, I don't know how much concern is involved but I would provide her and other hens with oyster shell free choice all the time. This may help if your not doing so already.

 

[teach1rusl]

Most chickens experience egg glitches occasionally, but new layers seem to experience them the most. Unless it begins to happen frequently, I would not worry a bit about it. I do keep oyster shell out for free choice use, but these things still occasionally happen - misfires in the egg tract.