Do chickens get laryngitis?

[The Blue Egg Gal]

Is this from her being broody or molting Or both ? As now I am finding more larger feathers. Put a little vaseline on her red irritated skin

It sounds like she may be flat out molting - do you have any photos or a video of her?
Molting can be hard on them (they don't feel well sometimes) and usually they will stop laying eggs during this time.

Broody hens will sometimes molt after they are done being broody. Since your girl is agreeable when you take her from the nest and spends the rest of the day doing normal chicken activities (doesn't return to the nest) then she is not full blown broody.

What you may want to do is isolate her in the run so you can monitor her more closely and keep her out of the nesting box completely - a wire dog kennel works great for this.
Provide her with poultry vitamins for a couple of days and extra protein like egg, tuna, mackerel or meat - or if you have it, some chick starter or flock raiser feed. Give the VetRx a couple of days and watch for any other symptoms like lethargy, mucous from the nostrils, watery eyes, etc.

It sounds like she may be flat out molting - do you have any photos or a video of her?
Molting can be hard on them (they don't feel well sometimes) and usually they will stop laying eggs during this time.

Broody hens will sometimes molt after they are done being broody. Since your girl is agreeable when you take her from the nest and spends the rest of the day doing normal chicken activities (doesn't return to the nest) then she is not full blown broody.

What you may want to do is isolate her in the run so you can monitor her more closely and keep her out of the nesting box completely - a wire dog kennel works great for this.
Provide her with poultry vitamins for a couple of days and extra protein like egg, tuna, mackerel or meat - or if you have it, some chick starter or flock raiser feed. Give the VetRx a couple of days and watch for any other symptoms like lethargy, mucous from the nostrils, watery eyes, etc.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

It looks like it could be from being broody - they pluck out feathers so they have better contact with the egg. You will also find some feather loss like that when you have a good layer - the feathers are rubbed off while laying eggs and getting into/out of nesting boxes. A little wear/rubbing off can be done while roosting as well.

Does she still sound hoarse?

 

[The Blue Egg Gal]

It looks like it could be from being broody - they pluck out feathers so they have better contact with the egg. You will also find some feather loss like that when you have a good layer - the feathers are rubbed off while laying eggs and getting into/out of nesting boxes. A little wear/rubbing off can be done while roosting as well.

Does she still sound hoarse?

She is a little better today! & is more vocal, I've been using the RX for two days. She also acts as my rooster lol that might be contributeing to her hoarseness, we don't have one. Every day she has to let us know it's time to be let out in the morning i only have three girls, the neighbors would not even know I had them if it wasn't for her! So shortly after being let out she'll head back to the nesting box. Also been finding her wanting to sleep in box not on roost. Feel bad if I block the boxes that maybe the roost is to small for 3, it's a small coop it had no raised roost, so I made one. Why do these manufacturers of small coops only have the roost at ground level, above the poop tray? & In front of the nesting box! Didn't want them walking around in poop and shaving stuck to their feet, now using sand in the tray better!! This coop is really not that small it's supposed to be the chalet! I bought at Sam's club lol.
This morning I only gave her an hour & nothing! She wanted to came out, So I closed the coop!! she seems fine & went about her business. Going to just keep an eye on her and try to break her of being broody!

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Can you add another roosting bar? If there's not enough room that may be while she's taken over the nesting box.

Manufacturers just seem to churn out what is trending and don't really care about specs., it's all about the $$$ Take a look at the coops/designs threads, you may be able to tweak your coop to make more room/adjustments - a lot of people seem to have similar problems with big box store coops, so you might find where someone modified theirs to suit their needs.

I'm glad she seems to be improving. If she is the more boisterous member of the flock, she may be hoarse due to that. I have a hen that goes on and on at times and she sounds a bit hoarse at the end of the day, I suppose if she did this everyday, then she really would sound like she has Laryngitis

 

[The Blue Egg Gal]

Thank you again for your advice