Christina Websell wrote:
Hybrid hens do lay very well but they are bred to burn out soon - they are a
high octane hen that needs high octane food too.

Hadn't really thought about that. Do the different breeds have slightly
different food requirements? They all seem quite happy and healthy (apart
from the white one still bullies the others occasionally), but if there's
anything you think they may be missing in their diet, feel free to suggest.
(Nick keeps them stocked on what they 'need', ie, the layers pellets,
chicken spice, grit, etc; my job is to top them up with their favourite
snacks and greenery :-)

With the history of a broken egg inside it might be that she won't lay
again. Hybrids lose their shell quality soon (because they've never been
selected for it, it was only necessary to last long enough for the
batteries) and if you do choose to keep them you have to realise you will
not have a long-lived bird and it will be also prone to egg peritonitis.

Poor Chickeny. :-(
It's not a massive problem if she doesn't lay, I think she will just become
a pet, for as long as she lasts. But it would be better if she was
productive, obv.

Before she had her broken egg problem she was laying bigger and bigger eggs
each day, and they were getting quite scary. She's not a small chicken, but
she didn't look like she should have been producing what she was!