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Hi Alexander,
I don't know a great deal about chooks. My parents were from farms. I grew up in suburbia. We had chooks geese and ducks.
There was always shell grit for the poultry. My Mother was very shrewd and a skinflint. She used to collect the shell grit from the beach. Washed it thoroughly and I remember never having no laying issues.
Each time new shell grit arrived the chooks went nuts over it.
Calcium Carbonate, makes up a large proportion of sea shells. Shell grit is just tiny sea shells.
Also the soil that the chooks used to fossick and scratch in is high in lime stone content. More Calcium.
The chooks loved live insects as well. A friend of mine feeds his chooks on occasions mince meat. High in protein, low in Calcium.
Crushed dog pelleted food contains both protein and minerals, Calcium.
Maybe crushing the laying pellets and adding to the seed food may help.
Have the eggs in the past been thin shelled? Its an indicator that something is not right.
Hope you solve the issue.
Cheers
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