Weird egg(s), should I be concerned

Bobmc914

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One of my Easter Eggers has consistently been laying eggs with what I think is calcium deposits on them. It's been happening for at least a few months, maybe her whole laying career, but it has definitely intensified. Then today she laid one with deposits consistent with her pattern, but some weird color issue too. The middle is like her usual light blue eggshell, but both ends are darker and a little more green tinted.
The whole flock is about 13 months old, except for the new chicks in the brooder who are about 5 weeks. I built a new coop and moved them to it a couple weeks ago.
 

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One of my Easter Eggers has consistently been laying eggs with what I think is calcium deposits on them. It's been happening for at least a few months, maybe her whole laying career, but it has definitely intensified. Then today she laid one with deposits consistent with her pattern, but some weird color issue too. The middle is like her usual light blue eggshell, but both ends are darker and a little more green tinted.
The whole flock is about 13 months old, except for the new chicks in the brooder who are about 5 weeks. I built a new coop and moved them to it a couple weeks ago.
this happens with my EE i don't think it anything to worry about most of her and her sisters eggs are bumpy and seem like that
 
Patterns and patches on the shells are just how some hens are. I wouldn't worry if there are no other issues.
 
Ok, got a worse egg this time. Found it in the nest box with one end caved in. It feels weirdly soft around the broken spot. It was soft enough that it was difficult to crack; the membrane held it together while the shell crumbled. Otherwise it looked normal inside.

We switched from layer feed to flock raiser about a month or two ago when we added a bunch of new chicks and they have a bucket of oyster shell in the coop.
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