Paper thin egg shells

We are starting to see thin shelled eggs. We just introduced a new flock about 2 weeks ago to our 3 older girls. Since we have majority of grower birds right now (almost 3 months old) we are feeding all the birds grower feed. Could that be why the thin shell? Is it safe to give the younger ones oyster shells or is it too soon?
 
We are starting to see thin shelled eggs. We just introduced a new flock about 2 weeks ago to our 3 older girls. Since we have majority of grower birds right now (almost 3 months old) we are feeding all the birds grower feed. Could that be why the thin shell? Is it safe to give the younger ones oyster shells or is it too soon?
Provide the oyster shells in a separate container,
the layers will eat them, the youngers should leave them alone.
 
This morning I went out to let my chickens out of the coop and found 3 paper thin eggs. Up until today they had been laying really nice hard shell eggs. Anyone know why this would happen all of the sudden? Nothing has changed in their diet or environment.
 
I need help. One of our 6 buff orpingtons lays only eggs with paper thin shells. They are always broken and all over the nest box when we get there. She is about 18 mo. old and her eggs were just fine until this summer. They have always had a bowl of oyster shell in the run. They free range in the day. There is also calcium in their layer feed. We were desperate and bought some liquid calcium and magnesium. We give it to Hannah every AM w/ eyedropper---serveral squirts. We also added it to their water. Nothing seems to help...We would never get rid of her, we just wonder why a young hen laying perfectly good eggs all of the sudden would not anymore...They love the liq. calcium---We got the orange vanilla flav. but nothing we do seems to help.:(
 

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