Chicken with bald spot and maybe missing half her comb

I noticed tonight that my BYM hen who is 28 weeks old, has a bald spot on her head and what looks like half her comb missing 😭
I hadn’t noticed anything unusual in the previous days except that yesterday when I went out around 5pm, she was hanging out in the nesting box and hadn’t laid her egg yet so I left her alone.
I checked the coop cam later that night and she was sleeping in the nesting box so I decided to check on her today in case she may be egg bound or something. She laid her egg like normal and seems completely fine and then I realized the bald spot and comb. There’s no blood and hasn’t been. It doesn’t look like a wound per say, or at least not a fresh one. The weirdest part is that half her comb looks like it’s gone 😭
Any advice on what to do for her?
And any advice on what to do when I figure out if it’s one if the other chickens harassing her? (Side-eying my Lavender Orpington, Bertha šŸ˜‘)
I wouldn't worry as an injury to the comb will bleed a lot, so obviously that hasn't happened. When a hen goes into moult, or feels a bit down for whatever reason, for example mite infestation, her comb will lose a lot of colour and shrink a little.
 
I noticed tonight that my BYM hen who is 28 weeks old, has a bald spot on her head and what looks like half her comb missing 😭
I hadn’t noticed anything unusual in the previous days except that yesterday when I went out around 5pm, she was hanging out in the nesting box and hadn’t laid her egg yet so I left her alone.
I checked the coop cam later that night and she was sleeping in the nesting box so I decided to check on her today in case she may be egg bound or something. She laid her egg like normal and seems completely fine and then I realized the bald spot and comb. There’s no blood and hasn’t been. It doesn’t look like a wound per say, or at least not a fresh one. The weirdest part is that half her comb looks like it’s gone 😭
Any advice on what to do for her?
And any advice on what to do when I figure out if it’s one if the other chickens harassing her? (Side-eying my Lavender Orpington, Bertha šŸ˜‘)
Update: I noticed she’s missing them all under her chin area as well… only my one Lavender Orpington (23wks) has shown any sort of aggression but it’s mostly just puffing up and running and her but she’ll still go by her.
Should I put the orpington in a kennel in the run during the day or wait? I’m not sure what to do. Everyone seems to be acting normal though
 

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