IVE HAD THAT BEFORE , AGREE WITH BOTH POSTS ABOVE, EVENTUALLY THE HEN WILL DO DAMAGE TO ITS SELF, AGREE WITH SHADOW ITS A PROLAPSE OF THE RECTUM, BUT AS FAR AS SOFT SHELL EGGS , WHICH CAN BE A SHORTAGE OF CALCIUM, BUT NOT ALLWAYS , I HAD ONE THAT ALLWAYS LAID SOFT SHELLED EGGS , AND WHEN I ASKED ARMAND SHCEERS, IN BROKEN ENGLISH , HE REPLIED, SOMETING WRONG WITH ITS EGG LAYING MACHINARY,[ SORRY BRUNO DIDNT SEE YUR POST WHEN I POSTED MINE, BUT AGREE]