Weird eggs, related to limping chicken?

[RIRgal]

Hi all My 5 Rhode Island Red Hens are 8 months old and have been laying good normal eggs. For about a week one of them has been laying a spotty light colored rough egg with a very thin shell. At first I thought not much of it, but it persisted. Today while I was watching over them free- range I noticed one girl limping. I removed some muck from between her pads and toes (nothing remarkable). Sprayed some bumble foot spray. I'm concerned now that something is related. I have no proof that she's the one laying the weird eggs though. Any thoughts? Pics attached for comparison of their normal egg color.

We're in North Carolina. They eat 16% protein crumbles. Get treats every couple days. Rock grit. Gravity fed waterer.

 

[Peaches Lee]

Could be a correlation. Maybe add some oyster shell?

I'm wondering if with the free ranging she's getting less of the layer crumbles because she's out having fun eating whatever nature has to offer.

 

[RIRgal]

I will try eggshell. They stay in their run all day except when I let them out for an hour or 2 a day. So most of their life they are eating the crumbles.

 

[Mrs. K]

No, I do not think that the egg shell and the limping are in anyway related. If she is limping badly, you might check her feet. Sometimes they get a sticker, sometimes they fall off the roost, or misjudge a landing.

Weird egg shells happen, personally I don't think diet has that much to do with them either, but a lot of people on here do. I have found that if you change the diet it takes about the same amount of time as when you don't do anything for the glitches to figure out.

I would not worry about either too much.

Mrs K