Thin Shelled and Misshapen Egg

[carabar]

I have found a really thin shelled (paper thin) and miss shaped egg two days in a row now. The egg is also fairly large in size. The first day the shell was so thin the egg broke when layed (which is a concern for starting egg eating). I have 9 hens, 7 laying and none of the other eggs looks this way. They are thick shelled and normal shaped. If anyone has suggestions I would really appreciate your imput. We are new to raising chickens, loving it and worrying about every thing we think may be wrong.

 

[faykokoWV]

it could be a couple of things. You may have a new hen laying and its just trying to learn how to lay a proper egg. It may be that someone is not getting enough calcium. You may want to offer oyster shell free choice. If the other hens are close to laying you can use layer feed as well.

 

[LindseyM12]

I would thin they need calcium

 

[justmeandtheflock]

It could just be that one is just starting to lay and her body is just working things out. I have a bunch of 22 week old girls that are just starting and I had one of those eggs this morning. Extra oyster shell is a good idea. When I was getting a bunch of eggs like that, I mixed it right in with the feed.

 

[staceyl]

I had a couple of those from my BO the first few weeks she was laying, but none since. If they are new layers I wouldn't worry about it.