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I have four hybrids, I bought them as point of lay and have had them for just over a year. They have only been laying aprox. 2 eggs a day between them recently. When I let them out yesterday morning I found something (pics. below) on the floor at the back near where they tend to sleep. One of...

You could try dried meal worms for protein.

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I've had them for a year, bought them as point of lays.

Does soluble grit not contain calcium? I know it's supposed to dissolve in their digestive system and give them some form of nutrition. I think it also contains oyster shell.

Yes, I feed them layers pellets.

Should I buy pure oyster shell?

I think so, I bought poultry grit when I got the chickens and it looks like soluble grit. I don't know if she uses it.

For a while one of my girls was not laying any eggs except for several "wind eggs", now she seems to be laying mainly soft eggs. Also one morning I let them out and she fluffed herself up, had a drink and then stood away from the others refusing to eat anything - when I went out later there was...