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Poor nutrition is often the cause of disease or malformation in eggs. Chickens who do not get some form of preventative medication soon after hatch often develop digestive and oviduct diseases. If you are getting shell problems in eggs then supplement your hens diet with extra calcium or provide a good quality layer formula feed from any reputable feed store.

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Is the yolk in a chicken egg the chicken or is the yolk in the egg the chickens food?

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