I find this usually happens when a bird is roosting in a nest box or on the ground. Which probably means she's sick, though I've also seen in with new birds introduced to a flock. The others throw her off the roost and in the dark she just goes to a corner and settles down. And wakes up with...
Howdy everybody:
I'm in Austin, and I've kept chickens in my backyard now since the middle '80s. It's kinda funny to see all the excitement about backyard chickens these days. We got our first flock back when the kids were little, as a learning experience. It was, for everybody. Now the kids...