- Dec 30, 2013
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Hi all! I have a little chicken who lost her sister to a predator in Dec. She stopped laying for four months and started becoming really mean to the other hens. In the late spring, she started laying again in a secret location and got broody. When we discovered her stash, there were 12 eggs there. We removed them, but then she stopped laying again. Started dropping feathers like crazy and now is completely removing herself from the other hens. She sits and watches them from a distance. No eggs. No illness. No other signs of problems. She's about a fourth of the size of the other chickens, but is the only one who pecks at the others. PS- mine free range all day, except at night. Any ideas of what might be going on?