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They do get a lot of scraps too - garden scraps, bread sometimes, and they get to free range in the evenings. They are on grass, in their tractor that we move every couple of days. Our Nutrena laying crumbles are 16%. So with that and the scraps, I wonder if she isn't getting enough protein...

It is in a separate container. We have dried mealworms will they do protein too? Or are they just not really good for them to eat for protein. I am sorta a newbie to raising chickens.

Thank you very much! We keep oyster shell in her free feed but I will make sure she gets a bit more protein cause we feed treats too.

The shells aren't soft at all. They're actually very hard - I'm so pleased with the shells I've been getting from them. We put oyster shell in there a few days before they started laying because the serama was in there laying eggs. It is separate from the feed.

I have a GLW and she started laying a few weeks ago. Her first egg was a double yolker, she has had a ghost egg (had a yolk), and generally was laying daily, or close to. Then she had a slab sided egg. I know it was her because she's my only brown egg layer so far. We have a 8x10 run, 4x8 coop...