Then there was or is nothing we could have done to prevent it? The coop dynamic has already shifted. I lovingly called her the "inforcer" because she kept all the rest of the flock in line for the head hen. The new "inforcer" is asserting her dominance in no uncertain terms..
Without sounding to morbid what happens to an "older chicken" when they reach end days. Here's why I ask...we just lost a hen that is 7 ish she. We live in south Texas and she has seen a lot, from a 7 day stretch of no power and below freezing, to nearly the same the following year(both times...