Strange eggshell

[MegUrk]

Our Easter Egger has been laying eggs with a strange discoloration/texture on the blunt ends for several weeks. The egg quality seems normal, I just wonder if she's lacking a nutrient or something. Her behavior is also normal. She seems fine, just wanted to make sure she's getting everything she needs. (We feed lay crumbles, a small amount of scratch, and assorted garden and kitchen scraps, and of course she eats whatever insects she can get a hold of.)

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Some chickens lay eggs with the same deformities every time, since so many have been the same it might just be normal for her.

 

[aart]

Her diet looks like it could be deficient in protein,
the scratch and veggies can dilute the already minimal protein in a 16% layer feed.

But that probably doesn't have anything to do with these egg oddities,
which looks like it could be a shell gland malfunction...or it could be a lack of calcium.

I would provide oysters shells in a separate container available at all times,
the layer feed probably has enough calcium but sometimes some birds need a little more,
see if after a week or so that helps at all.

 

[tfunkster]

I do agree with all the suggestions above. But I will add my two feathers in anyway. You might want to try giving them only their layer and oyster/extra calcium product first thing in morning, so they eat what is needed for good egg production. Then later in the day allow scratch & some veggies to end the day as a treat. They will finish off grabbing some Layer before roosting. They are just like us, and rather over eat the treats, which dilutes the nutritional needs that are in the layer & oyster. You didn't mention age of your Ladies; that could be a factor as well.