RIR Eating her own soft shelled egg, other have hard shells

[vdunkin]

One of our Rhode Island Red is laying a soft shelled egg every day and eating it. The other 5 chickens lay hard shelled eggs and none of the chickens eat the hard shelled eggs. Does anyone one have any ideas as to why only one chicken lays soft shelled eggs and why she eats them?

 

[eggactlycurious]

One of our Rhode Island Red is laying a soft shelled egg every day and eating it. The other 5 chickens lay hard shelled eggs and none of the chickens eat the hard shelled eggs. Does anyone one have any ideas as to why only one chicken lays soft shelled eggs and why she eats them?

I'd be curious to know, also. My chickens are Rhode Island Reds. Only one is laying right now, and the shells on her eggs are like titanium. I don't want this to happen to her eggs, though, so I'd like to know what would cause it.

 

[sumi]

Causes for soft shelled egg here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/common-egg-quality-problems If she is the only one laying these eggs, the problem could be with her reproductive system, a defective shell gland possibly, unless she is a young layer?