independent chicken

I have one chicken who disappears for days at a time. She hops the outer fence and I assume she has been taken by a predator, then she shows up 2-4 days later to join the flock and eat. The rest of the flock behaves naturally when she joins them. Then, she seems to just disappear and I won't...

My favorite pullet, Henrietta - a RIR X Blue Australorp, has started wandering off away from the flock. She’s 8 months old and totally independent from the rest. She always comes to roost and she doesn’t leave our property, but it makes me nervous because she’s making herself too vulnerable out...