Well have raised a backyard flock, many breeds for 35 years. My experience on feather loss is: molting, mites\parasite s, roosters, other hens, and never had what I thought was a diet problem. Always look for mites (bugs, Parasite s) every month even if there is no feather loss and you don't...
put the brody. Hen in its own pen, give it a wooden egg or two to hatch, let nature take its course. Over time and with failure of the egg to hatch, the hen will become disinterested. Works.
I Never keep a rooster that is aggressive at all. It's never worth it. I once got 17 Rhode Island Reds, they were showable gorgeous birds. Five were roosters, as they grew up they became more and more aggressive. I determined to make every effort to make them not aggressive but accepting and...