Well I seem to have cured the soft shelled egg problem! I added two more POL chickens on Sunday to my flock (now consisting of 4) and now no one is laying anything. Am apparently running a full board, all inclusive holiday resort for hens . Hopefully production will resume soon.
I think I need to view White Chicken as a pet and if she starts laying properly again then I'll consider it a bonus. I was saddened to see how upset she was.
I had three (very) free ranging chickens (now I have two) .... brown, white and grey. About a month ago the fox came by (right next to the house) and brown chicken was no more. White chicken and brown chicken were the very best of friends and did everything together. Grey chicken is a bit...