Chicken self isolating??

[abfiegen]

One of our chickens (6 year old easter egger) is behaving strangely. She has always been a more mild mannered chicken and kept to herself but recently she has seemingly been self isolating herself. All the chickens go out into the run during the day and she'll just sit in the coop all alone and stare out the window. When we let them free range they normally stay largely together as a flock, but she has been sitting alone under our canoe or hiding in the woods. I forced the issue and shut them all in the run together and locked the coop. She was very agitated by this as if she was frightened, but none of the chickens picked on her so I don't know what the deal is. After she settled down she just stands in a corner of the run with her beak in the corner like someone put her in time out. She seems particularly agitated when one of our olive eggers come near her, but I have never seen them pick on her so I don't understand this sudden change in attitude towards them. Her tail is down but other than that shows no signs of illness. And the other chickens don't try to run her off like she is sick either so doesn't seem she is sick enough (or at all) to warrant the attention of the flock. Thoughts on this odd behavior? Should I just like it play out?

 

[Kiki]

What does her poo look like?

When was the last time she laid an egg?

Can you take a video of her right now and upload it to YouTube?

 

[abfiegen]

I haven't been able to identify her poop specifically. My wife did say someone is pooping very black poop though.

She hasn't laid an egg for a few weeks. She got egg bound in the spring and was able to work it out and hasn't laid eggs regularly since then. She's not acting like she did when she was bound though. This behavior has been going on long enough that if it was egg related I would think she'd have passed by now. She's six years old so I figure gotta stop eventually haha.

I went and took a few photos. She actually seemed a little better. She approached the fence with the other chickens when I walked up which is an improvement.

 

[Kiki]

If she hasn't been laying eggs she very well may be laying them internally. What does her belly area feel like compared to one you know has been laying eggs?

 

[ChickNanny13]

Noticing her comb is very pale ... Have you found many loose feathers around? In the last picture she looks like she maybe molting.

 

[abfiegen]

She feels pretty normal. I let her free range alone and set food and water out. She ate and drank and seemed to be getting on just fine. Then put herself away like normal at dusk.

There have been a few feathers around, a couple longer ones. Her tail is looking pretty thin. I'll see how she's behaving tomorrow I guess.