Weird egg-laying (soft shell, laying from roost) from new hen

[aart]

Can you do anything about a defective shell gland?

Not that I know of.
I've had a few soft shellers, sometimes it passes.
But even after supplementing calcium to make sure one was getting enough,
she never laid a 'good' egg. But she was delicious.

 

[Pekin fan]

...But she was delicious.

Golly, I don't think I could eat her!
Is a defective shell gland a physiological thing that cannot be cured?

 

[aart]

Is a defective shell gland a physiological thing that cannot be cured?

Correct.