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Purina Layena crumbles. Oyster shell and grit is always available. Also most evenings when I supervise "out time" in a controlled area I mix up Layena, Feather Fixer (everyone is molting), plain uncooked oatmeal, a good sized pinch of crushed eggshell and water. ....I put this mix in a bowl; It totals about 2 cups for five chickens. They usually all eat some of it and then forage in the outside area. Any of the mix not eaten goes into the pen and they finish it up before bedtime. Somehow adding water makes this a special treat. I sprinkle about a cup of wild bird seed (millet, maize, wheat and sunflower seeds) on a towel around the bowl. The towel is so that if they don't eat all the seed I toss it into their run so wild birds won't be attracted. I also often give out bits of cheese. After this episode with Blondie I'll probably cut way down on the cheese and bird seed. I thought the biird seed seemed much better than the scratch I've purchased in the past and I thought the cheese would provide calcium.... I'm not sure why Blondie is the only one who has had thin egg shells.What exactly do you feed your flock on a daily basis?