Chicken lost breast feathers: covered with yolk

[BuffRunner1]

My buff orphington was found in the nesting box sitting on 2 good eggs and one broke. egg. The broken egg was stuck to its chest and underside.

I let the chickens out of the pen to get grass and when this chicken did not come out thats when I found this problem.

This did happen with this same chicken a month ago. Her feathers never grew back, and now she has even less feathers!!

Its 32 degrees F here at night, so i put her in a dog crate in the basement where its 60 degrees.

What is happening to my chicken, and how do save her?

 

[boskelli1571]

My buff orphington was found in the nesting box sitting on 2 good eggs and one broke. egg. The broken egg was stuck to its chest and underside.

I let the chickens out of the pen to get grass and when this chicken did not come out thats when I found this problem.

This did happen with this same chicken a month ago. Her feathers never grew back, and now she has even less feathers!!

Its 32 degrees F here at night, so i put her in a dog crate in the basement where its 60 degrees.

What is happening to my chicken, and how do save her?

I don't think it's anything serious. She sits on the eggs, breaks one accidentally? and it sticks to her feathers. Likely she plucks them out b/c they get dirty and smelly. She may not grow new feathers until the molt.
I don't think you need to separate her and if she has a few friends they will all snuggle up at night to keep warm

 

[Punkybrewster]

Is she broody?
Hens will lose their breast feathers to make skin contact with eggs they are setting.

 

[BuffRunner1]

Yes, she seems very Broody she is 1 year old and she doesn’t want to come out of the nesting box. I chased her out 3x.

 

[Punkybrewster]

Well that would explain the bare breast. She fumbled and broke an egg she was brooding is all.
There is nothing wrong with her. She wants babies.

 

[BuffRunner1]

She seems fine now. No current issues, eating and no more broken eggs for a few days.