Soft Yolk… What Do I Do To Fix It?

[DuckDuckPromise]

Hey y’all! I have round about 14 hens, and the majority of them are laying eggs with INCREDIBLY soft yolks. I’m talking, I could pretty much look at these yolks wrong and they break open.
I’ve heard for soft SHELLS to feed them oyster shells, their own egg shells, stuff like that to build up the shell strength, but what do I do to build up yolk strength? It is quite hard to make fried eggs when as soon as you crack the egg, the yolk bursts!
Any suggestions? Thanks in advance, and I hope y’all are having a blessed day!!!

 

[arianna7]

whats her diet, and age?
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[DuckDuckPromise]

Diet is a mix of scratch grains (Conditioner- Tucker Milling)
And layer crumbleS from TSC

Plus whatever chicken friendly food we might have leftover (extra scrambled eggs, stuff like that)
And some grasses, but not a ton.

As for age, most of them are 2 years, and about 4 of them are 1 and a half years old.

 

[EggSighted4Life]

Any suggestions?

How old are the eggs and how are they being stored?

 

[aart]

Diet is a mix of scratch grains (Conditioner- Tucker Milling)
And layer crumbleS from TSC

Plus whatever chicken friendly food we might have leftover (extra scrambled eggs, stuff like that)
And some grasses, but not a ton.

As for age, most of them are 2 years, and about 4 of them are 1 and a half years old.

Feed them nothing but the layer feed for 2-3 weeks and see if that helps.

 

[DuckDuckPromise]

How old are the eggs and how are they being stored?

About 1-2 weeks old, and on the counter until I’m ready to wash them, then I wash 18 at a time and store in the fridge once they are washed.

 

[DuckDuckPromise]

Feed them nothing but the layer feed for 2-3 weeks and see if that helps.

Okay! I’ll try that. Thank you!

 

[nuthatched]

Diet is a mix of scratch grains (Conditioner- Tucker Milling)
And layer crumbleS from TSC

Plus whatever chicken friendly food we might have leftover (extra scrambled eggs, stuff like that)
And some grasses, but not a ton.

As for age, most of them are 2 years, and about 4 of them are 1 and a half years old.

Cut out the scratch, your birds will be better off.

 

[EggSighted4Life]

About 1-2 weeks old, and on the counter until I’m ready to wash them, then I wash 18 at a time and store in the fridge once they are washed.

I'm not discounting what others are saying about feed/nutrition.. but additionally I would try storing them in the fridge, unwashed.. from the time they are collected.. if you choose to wash them before use, then that would be the time to do it, as they are ready to be used. When they're laid they get a protective coating called bloom. When commercial eggs get the bloom washed off, they replace it with mineral oil or something to that effect, to reduce the gas exchange/slow evaporation of the internal contents. We don't usually wash eggs here (in my house), presuming they are clean when collected.

Not with regards to safety but with regard to quality/freshness or how much the eggs age.. a day on the counter is equivalent to a week in the fridge.

I also had issues with yolks popping when I tried storing eggs in a skelter on the counter.. with the side note that my birds have always been fed 20% protein flock raiser feed and no treats. This issue went away with fridge storage.

A link to one such study which compares internal egg quality with storage time and temperature...

https://lohmann-breeders.com/lohmanninfo/effects-of-storage-conditions-on-egg-quality-2/