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I agree, glitches are most common when pullets are starting to lay and when hens are getting older. I had an egg laid without a shell just a few days ago, and I assume it came from one of my four-year-old hens.

What bag?

I have not read the linked article yet, but speckles on eggs and calcium spots are very different. Some breeds produce eggs that have small spots of darker (or sometimes lighter) color on them. An example of a breed that produces speckled eggs would be Welsummer. Calcium spots, on the other...

I would suggest feeding the chickens layer feed instead of all flock feed, as that would help with the calcium issue and create stronger eggshells. I read that your feed only has 16% protein. The correct amount of protein for chickens to be fed is 18%, and unfortunately almost all bags of feed...