Soft shell from my hen!!! Please help!!!

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Hello. I have one hen that is a bantam, and has been laying very strangely lately. She used to have soft shells, and kind of tough membranes, but the shells were almost normal. So, I gave her oyster shells, and have mixed it in with her normal food. But then yesterday, she layed an egg that was about the size of a robin's egg. I asked about that too, but people said, it's okay if they lay abnormally like that every once in a while. So, today she laid an egg, and it had a shell, but in some parts it was super soft, almost like there wasn't a shell there. Is this because she needs more calcium?? Please help!!! Is something wrong with her??
 
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Hello. I have one hen that is a bantam, and has been laying very strangely lately. She used to have soft shells, and kind of tough membranes, but the shells were almost normal. So, I gave her oyster shells, and have mixed it in with her normal food. But then yesterday, she layed an egg that was about the size of a robin's egg. I asked about that too, but people said, it's okay if they lay abnormally like that every once in a while. So, today she laid an egg, and it had a shell, but in some parts it was super soft, almost like there wasn't a shell there. Is this because she needs more calcium?? Please help!!! Is something wrong with her??
I would say she needs more calcium. You need to offer oyster shell freely, in its own container; she must be able to take as much as she needs. She'll leach it from her own bones eventually.
 

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