Anna, we experienced this to. Now our hens have been laying for about 6 weeks and we aren't seeing any more shell-less eggs. The shell is the last thing to form in the egging process. I think it just takes their bodies a little while to adjust to giving birth every single day!!!!! Also, at first we were getting a lot of enormous eggs with double yolks and some tiny little eggs.

Again, we aren't seeing so many of those anymore. Be patient. Their little chicken bodies have to adjust.

Thanks for the encouragement. It helps to know that I'm not failing somewhere. The girls mean a lot to me and they rely on me to make things as good and as easy for them as I can.

Thanks again,
Anna

As long as they are getting a proper diet (not JUST lay mash, right...?) they're egg laying apparatus should straighten out soon if that's the issue. It is unusual for ALL their eggs to be soft shells (and if so this could be a warning sign), but one once in a while is OK.

If you are ONLY getting soft shells, check them over for illness and/or parasites, just to be sure. There is a good page on egg problems here:

http://www.nda.agric.za/docs/eggprod/default.htm

And a much more scientific one with even more info here (great page!):

http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/PS029

Velvet ~:>