Egg shells are very soft

[rbum]

2 6month old red sex.links just started laying and shells are very soft.

 

[Grub Digger]

Are the shells soft every time they lay or just once in a while? If it's all the time you may want to provide oyster shell or other source of calcium for them, but if it's a few here and there they're still working out the plumbing.

 

[redsoxs]

Not too uncommon for the first eggs to be "odd" as their systems get into gear for laying. Do you give them a calcium source like oyster shell?

 

[redsoxs]

Ha! I just read your second post. I think it's that exactly. But here's an article talking about why eggs sometimes turn out as they do https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/common-egg-quality-problems

 

[rbum]

So far 3 or 4 eggs all being very soft

 

[junebuggena]

Completely normal for new layers, even if they have adequate calcium intake. Egg laying should 'normalize' in about a month or so.