My EE has laid several soft eggs in a row.

[azygous]

Eggs need protein in addition to calcium, and if new layers are producing more than a one-off shell-less egg, I would look to diet. Layer feed, unless it has 18% protein is not high enough in protein to finish a first-year layer's growth. They may appear close to full size at sixteen weeks, but they are still far from being full grown. Growth requires protein. So do making eggs. If there isn't enough protein in the diet, something is going to come up short.

Also, oyster shell alone isn't enough to build up calcium reserves. Vitamin D, in the form of sun exposure or added in the feed, is necessary for calcium absorption.

For these reasons, I discourage the feeding of layer feed until the hen is two years old and finished growing. In fact, many of us have dispensed with layer feed all together and just feed a 20% all flock feed to the entire flock all the time.

I would do as @TX Chick Noob has suggested and give calcium citrate with D for a few days until eggs are coming out with normal shells. Then offer oyster shell free choice but not scattered on the ground. Remember, oyster shell is calcium carbonate and it's water soluble, dissolving into a useless gummy paste when it gets wet. This is not the quality of calcium the hens can utilize.

 

[gimmie birdies]

I had an EE who laid soft eggs, nothing changed her, not more calcium or diet change.

 

[NRHobbyFarm]

Eggs need protein in addition to calcium, and if new layers are producing more than a one-off shell-less egg, I would look to diet. Layer feed, unless it has 18% protein is not high enough in protein to finish a first-year layer's growth. They may appear close to full size at sixteen weeks, but they are still far from being full grown. Growth requires protein. So do making eggs. If there isn't enough protein in the diet, something is going to come up short.

Also, oyster shell alone isn't enough to build up calcium reserves. Vitamin D, in the form of sun exposure or added in the feed, is necessary for calcium absorption.

For these reasons, I discourage the feeding of layer feed until the hen is two years old and finished growing. In fact, many of us have dispensed with layer feed all together and just feed a 20% all flock feed to the entire flock all the time.

I would do as @TX Chick Noob has suggested and give calcium citrate with D for a few days until eggs are coming out with normal shells. Then offer oyster shell free choice but not scattered on the ground. Remember, oyster shell is calcium carbonate and it's water soluble, dissolving into a useless gummy paste when it gets wet. This is not the quality of calcium the hens can utilize.

I’m have no Idea how old she is her legs are really smooth so I am guessing young so that would make sense that she didn’t get what she needed. I bought her as grown from a completely free range (no nightly lock up) maybe her age is why she tries to sleep under my Roos wing. I do keep their oyster shells dry and in a separate tray so they can eat what they want. I will gladly try anything to help her but she isn’t going to let me give her anything orally. Any suggestions on how to dose a wild skittish gal without causing her to fear me even more?

 

[azygous]

She only needs one tablet of calcium citrate a day, so wait until she goes to roost and lift her off the perch and get her under your arm so wings are confined. Then pry open her beak and shove the pill inside. Place her back on her perch and kiss her goodnight. Good job!

This is the type of calcium she needs.

 

[NRHobbyFarm]

She only needs one tablet of calcium citrate a day, so wait until she goes to roost and lift her off the perch and get her under your arm so wings are confined. Then pry open her beak and shove the pill inside. Place her back on her perch and kiss her goodnight. Good job!

This is the type of calcium she needs.View attachment 3252015

Thank you will try she can’t bite any harder than my broody calico princess