Chickens in mourning?

[gander111]

I had six healthy hens who free range at least part of most days. One morning I went to let them out and I found one of my girls dead in the coop. I inspected her body and found no evidence of trauma. No idea why she died.
Since my hens death, my other five hens have not laid any eggs! I'ts been four days! Normally, they lay an egg each, every day.
What's up? I'm very concerned about my girls!
We set a trap to see if someone is stealing...I don't know what else to think!

 

[Gargoyle]

They could very well be in mourning or perhaps in shock, depending on what happened.

 

[gstuartw]

We had 2 hens survive a dog attack that took out the other 18 chickens and they quit laying for about 2 weeks.

 

[gander111]

Oh, thank you so much for the reply. No eggs today..day five.

 

[gander111]

I have no idea what my girl went through when she died. My other girls seem to be acting normal, other than "no eggs".

 

[gander111]

No one is stealing the eggs.

 

[bj taylor]

i watched my four pullets mourn and fear when 10 of their buddies were killed by my dog. they did not recover for about a month.