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Ok read some threads where @Eggcessive thought similarish droppings might be a result of *not* eating enough. I've definitely watched her eat and drink today during the field trip to the garage, though not as much as her BR sister (who is also doing some very mild bullying while the RIR is...

So, the sunflower seeds were a big hit, as you predicted. I think we might have overdone it. Nothing wild- they definitely eat almost entirely chicken feed - but she's been getting small amounts of sunflower seeds OR mealworms each day for the protein and for some sort of activity as they've...

That sounds super smart. I also picked up some sunflower seeds today, as I saw that recommended for molters (they already get mealworms once or twice a week as a snack). The one losing feathers *gobbled* them up. The other bird - usually aggro about making sure she's the first at any new food...

And congrats on getting to back to health and lay!

Sigh. Welp. Maybe I'll pick up some higher protein food to mix in just to make sure she's got what she needs. She's already trying to put feathers back in on both sides where the hawk got her. She's such a good little egg. And yeah, it could have been something that was going to happen anyway...

Great, thanks. I'll experiment with the all flock/oyster if we add more chicks in the spring - but feel like a diet change could also be rough as she recovers. She now appears to be losing a couple feathers each night - under her roost each morning. Including a tail feather this morning. Hope...

One of my pullets was attacked by a hawk on NYE - she survived, but lost a lot of feathers and was very shaken up. She was ok the first day, but on death's door the next day and we had to nurse her back to health. Part of her recovery seems to have been laying an egg in the early evening during...