Soft egg shell, first egg after mother hen raised her chicks....?

[kelly77]

I may know the answer already but I just want to make sure. I have a hen that after a month of raising her chicks has decided she is done raising them. I had her in the house due to winter w her 3 chicks, she was a good mama..but I only had been feeding her chick starter grower w her babies...I think that is the cause to her soft egg. After a few days of her yelling and trying to get away from her chicks I decided that was a sign that she was done and I put her in the coop. She didn't seem to care, gave her layer crumbles, oyster shell, and cracked corn. Her first egg since hatching out those 3 was soft.
Is it because she was lacking calcium and will it resolve?

 

[laceynoelle]

Yes, it's a calcium deficiency in her diet, and she should be fine. She's be back to normal in no time. :]