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As I'm not an expert but have had many parakeets. If the hen or female broke the shell that is fertile she may be helping the chick to break free. If she did this to an egg that is not fertile, she may have sensed this & wanted to eat the shell & contents. Both are very nutritious providing the hen with much needed calcium. In the wild they may do this to keep predators from going after an egg that's not fertile or even an embryo born dead.

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