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Nice to know we're not alone! It's so stressful not knowing what's wrong... Good tip abut the feather fixer feed - I might try that! Have you tried giving them extra calcium as well for the soft eggs? I worry about egg binding/peritonitis as well :( Good luck with your girls! Hopefully it's just...

So sorry to hear it didn't help :( Mine is just laying soft and thin-shelled eggs at the moment, but never had any issues before this. Really hope a calcium booster will help her!

She eats a bit sometimes - hard to say how much. She doesn't seem to like the shell grit or the pellets. Have tried boosting her diet with yogurt (not every day) and mixing treats in shell grit as a way of force feeding extra calcium. Might have to try a liquid/tablet calcium booster.

Thanks for the advice! Yeah I had read that soft shelled eggs can be a problem with highly productive breeds. I wouldn't have thought it would happen so soon though :( I've read it's not uncommon for backyard chickens to live 8-10 years. I don't mind so much about the drop in egg production - I...

Hi there, sorry to hear about your poor girl :( I'm having a similar problem and was wondering how you went with the with the calcium booster. Did it help her out? Hope her eggs have improved!

Hi there, I'm having a similar problem and was wondering how your chooks are going now? Are they both back to laying normal eggs? How long did this go on for? Did you have to add extra protein/calcium to their diet? And do you mind if I ask how you knew they were molting if it wasn't a hard...

Hi there, I’m based in Sydney (Australia) and I have two Lohmann brown chickens which are only about 1 ½ years old. They’ve both been perfectly healthy and laying consistently until now. One of them has been laying thin-shelled and soft-shelled eggs on and off for the past 7 weeks. Occasionally...