I've noticed the last couple of days she hasn't wanted to leave the coup and has only laid 1 egg a week for 2 weeks now. She is a year old and has 4 other chickens of different varieties in with her. When I let them out today, she did not come out so I went to the coup and saw her drinking. I petted her and several feathers came out with a soft touch. There are quite a bit of her feathers all over the coup as well. When she finished drinking she got up and went into the corner of the coup and basically stuck her face in the corner and won't move. I went and got my chickens favorite treat dried meal worms and she didn't even care.
Yesterday I was surprised when I saw her up on the log perch in the run but she did go out some yesterday but then went back into the coup.
I do have a golden wyandotte that is trying to brood. But she leaves the nesting box as soon as I get the egg out so I haven't had to put her in the brooding "timeout cage". And the java doesn't seem to be brooding. I'm almost afraid she might have an egg stuck although her eggs are the most narrow of all my hens.
Although my molted java is my largest hen, she seems to be at the bottom of the pecking order.
Any ideas or help is much appreciated!
Yesterday I was surprised when I saw her up on the log perch in the run but she did go out some yesterday but then went back into the coup.
I do have a golden wyandotte that is trying to brood. But she leaves the nesting box as soon as I get the egg out so I haven't had to put her in the brooding "timeout cage". And the java doesn't seem to be brooding. I'm almost afraid she might have an egg stuck although her eggs are the most narrow of all my hens.
Although my molted java is my largest hen, she seems to be at the bottom of the pecking order.
Any ideas or help is much appreciated!