we love our RIR (7) we had one who we called " harriet" she was so cool except the others chickens didn't like her so we had to eventually keep her separated from them. she would stand up to our jack russell mix... peck him if he ran at her. she laid an egg every day sometimes our chocolate lab...
they have stopped laying eggs everyday.. we are only getting 2 eggs every other day. some of them are featherless around the vent area.. could they be molting or have a disease? they are still eating like horses... and acting normal. we have 6 rhode island reds we raised them from chics.
we have 7 rhode island red hens.. they are over a year old. they were purchased together and raised from peeps. early this summer we have had problems with 2 beating up on one. picking and plucking out feathers. so we separated her from the rest.. she has her own area to sleep and free ranges...