Only 1 of 4 hens laying (2 years old)

[Snakebiteholloway]

No need to apologize, if you feel it's detrimental to the birds then don't use it. The feeds I use don't have it, if that's something you're actively avoiding. But until my chicks come into lay, I'm unlikely to get more than 2 eggs a day out of 8 hens... that's what I get for choosing decorative birds over layers, and for not culling as birds age out of laying years.

I have a hard time with the age culling thing personally. I never have more than 40 so is not a real issue here. I let them "retire", usually find them a couple years after retirement, peacefully expired, and then they go into the back pasture for the local wildlife to recycle.