Is this a good idea?

[TwentyOneChickens]

@Wyorp Rock is right. You need to examine the nutrition in your feed.

If layers don't get enough protein, they can't make eggs, and all the calcium they ingest won't help much. Average size hens need from 14 to 16 grams of protein a day, and they need to eat around 100 calories a day.

Back to the calcium. For a hen that is laying poor quality eggs and I know she's getting an adequate diet, I give her a calcium tablet each day until I see her laying normal eggs again.

I'm curious why you won't feed soy. It's a very good source of protein.

Thank you

Other than the protein and some other benefits, soy isn't really healthy. It's cheap, most soy is genetically modified, and it some things in it can get into their eggs. When that happens, the humans eat it and it isn't good for humans either. It can cause many different types of cancers.
Also, it's bad for the environment. I could give them more bugs (like crickets and mealworms) for more protein or other things with high protein because I wouldn't want to risk any of that.