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Treat the hen as I described above. While it's not uncommon for new layers to have this problem and it often corrects itself, giving the calcium citrate for a few days won't hurt.

You pry open the beak and shove the pill inside. Chickens swallow pills with far more ease than humans do.

A hen that is passing shell-less eggs will often behave differently due to the discomfort of a shell-less egg. The most common thing you will see with such a hen is that prior to her going into the nest box, she will stand still in the run, acting "off". She will be silent where the other hens...

That clear viscous wetness is evidence of a shell-less egg. You have a hen that needs treatment with a calcium supplement to address it or she may end up suffering an episode of egg binding as eggs without shells are difficult to pass. Do your best to monitor that box to identify which hen it...