Calcium water supliment suggestions needed

Hi All... At wits end here with a soft egg issue with a 16 mo/old BO. Over a month now and only a few normal eggs (the normal ones are nice and thick)... 98% are soft. Giving oyster shell. Switched from mash to crumbles thinking she might be a picky eater. Stopped treats for over a week as a trial, back to scraps now. Nothing is changing except the amount of ants in the coup. Most soft eggs come at night on the roust... some in nest box. She does seem to poo more than her RIR sister (only two hens in our little coup).

The only thing I can think of is to add calcium supplement to water. Anyone try this?

Also, anyone have this just go on forever? Do I now have a extra messy pet?

Thanks in advance...

 

The mash I formerly was feeding them had it mixed in. When this started a month ago I provided the oyster shell free choice and yes it was disappearing but the BO was still laying soft eggs. I have started just throwing it in the run with some mash for them to have to peck at now that I switched to crumbles.

My thought with adding calcium to the water was that she would have no choice that way. My other hen is having no problems so I know the calcium is available in there diet...

 

I am specifically interested to know if anyone has tried a calcium supplement in water and if so what did they use and did it work?

 

Found a product called CalciBoost.... will try it and see if it helps. Still would appreciate any input re this...

 

thanks for the reply featherbaby.... it could just be that she'll never lay right again but I am trying everything. I think this will be the last option before I give up.

Plan to put the CalciBoost in the water. Our other hen will get it too so I think I will keep the dose pretty small. Our lot is too small to segregate the girls...

It will be a few days until the CalciBoost arrives then I figure a week to see any changes... Will keep posted and please anyone with any-other experience with this, chime in.