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Some chickens molt in secret, LOL. Sometimes a few of mine just lose a few tail feathers, and they molt a little at a time. But they usually stop laying for a month or two. I would work on her eating and drinking with chicken feed and a bit of egg as the majority.
 
Some chickens molt in secret, LOL. Sometimes a few of mine just lose a few tail feathers, and they molt a little at a time. But they usually stop laying for a month or two. I would work on her eating and drinking with chicken feed and a bit of egg as the majority.
Well these 2 have never molted. Something is wrong. In isolation I open the door and instead of bolting out she just changes position and either lays down or boosts. The antibiotic is done. She pics at her food and water. She hasn't laid a whole egg since the one that broke inside except another one where there was no shell to be found at all 2 days ago. She goes out in the yard with them in the morning, she's not running around like them but did lay sideways in the sun this morning. By noon she was using her hoarse voice & sitting by the mancave door wanting to go back in isolation
I have never seen her drop a feather but she has a bare spot on her neck from a bully Barred Rock who is wearing peepers now
 

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My Wyandottes are the only ones that molt and certainly not in July in South Texas. Could the egg thing be from molting and would molting make her just wanna be alone?
 

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