One dead chicken; rest stop laying, why?

[Lisamairey]

Help! One of my girls was attacked and killed by a fox a month ago. She was not the alpha hen, but the rest of the grande dames seem to be in mourning. This all happened just as I integrated three new girls into the bunch. No one has laid an egg since the fox attack. Is this grief? Is this stress from the new girls? I don't let them roam unchaperoned anymore. So...their free-ranging is curtailed. Can it be an adjustment to an am/pm stroll vs. hours on the lamb? I'm at a loss.

 

[Folly's place]

ANY stress can and will put layers off egg production, for a time. If the weather is also too hot, that's another stress. Are some also molting? They will resume production when they are ready. Whenever. Mary

 

[Choco Maran]

After an attack like that they can stop laying for a long time. It is stress related because of the attack. Give them time to recover.