In short, if I don't intervene, what is the risk of some pullets not being able to "figure it out?" The problem: they can't seem to achieve the peace to lay. Will they become egg-bound, or suffer any other stress illness if they can't find peace? Or will they eventually just lay it, wherever...
Our Sapphire Gem "Jasper" just started laying this week. Her first egg was normal: small, hard and brown. Her second was soft. Yesterday she didn't lay at all and today she had trouble. We ended up putting her in the bathtub with warm water and she finally had her... eggs. The larger one came...