Hi.
1 of my new hens has laid 10 eggs to date and every egg is pretty much the same. The pointy end and the bulbous end are perfectly formed, but there is a ribbed band around the middle of the egg, it's as if the 2 halves had been ark welded together.
My biggest concern is that I’ve purchased this well bred trio for breeding next spring, but obviously this hen is not one to breed from unless the shell issue is due to something I’m doing wrong. They are fed layers pellets and are free to range over 2 acres of grassland and 3 acres of broad leaved woodland, but none of my other hens have this issue.
Has anyone else experienced this? Any advice would be welcome.