Eggs Fresh Out Of The Nest.

Not too bad looking. The Polish hen is laying. Hers is the white egg. Ahhh the advantage of having several breeds of hen. The light brown ones are from the Barred Rocks and the darker brown are Rhode Island Red eggs.
The new hens are still laying thin shelled eggs as is evidenced by the yolk and shavings from the nest box still clinging to another egg.
Hmmmm---that one hen that was laying the dented eggsare getting better.
She came from a flock that belonged to a sweet little old lady who fell and broke her hip. Her kids didn't have time to take care of Mom and the hens too so they called me.
 I added more oyster shell to the feed mix and their eggs are looking better today. When they first arrived their eggs were so thin shelled they were breaking in the nest before I could gather them.

 Calcium is so essential to good quality eggs. I have seen hens lay eggs that were completely without a shell--just covered with a membrane.