Pullet wondering off alone..

[ChickenCanoe]

I think I would want to follow her and find the secret nest (if there is one) and salvage the eggs. Sometimes they will recruit flock mates to lay in those nests. Occasionally if you recheck, you'll find more from time to time.

 

[Pigpye]

Sometimes chickens are hard to follow !! I've tried to see where my wanders ago , never made it to where they were going depending on where you live , it's winter and my chickens sure arent laying and definitely have no nests

 

[Mimi13]

I think I would want to follow her and find the secret nest (if there is one) and salvage the eggs. Sometimes they will recruit flock mates to lay in those nests. Occasionally if you recheck, you'll find more from time to time.

Oh how true this is. Here is my account of these crazy birds. https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/can-you-outsmart-a-chicken.74413/

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Yeah, I have one building with a loft where I keep a couple of big Ohio brooders and some other equipment. I had been getting a dearth of eggs from that flock. Then one day I caught a bird jumping down from the loft. To my shock when I put a ladder up there and found about 50 eggs in one of the brooders.

 

[aart]

We do have a run, when we aren’t home they stay in the run but on weekends and evenings when we are home they free range.

If you don't free range full time, I doubt she's laying in range area.
Is she laying?
You might keep them confined 24/7 for a week or two, just to be sure she's laying in coop nests.

 

[chickenbritt5908]

If you don't free range full time, I doubt she's laying in range area.
Is she laying?
You might keep them confined 24/7 for a week or two, just to be sure she's laying in coop nests.

I honestly don’t know if she’s laying or not right now! I don’t think she is. I don’t think she’s laying when she’s free ranging. I followed her around yesterday and went down all her little paths. Nothing. But I probably will go ahead and coop them for a bit and see.

 

[aart]

I honestly don’t know if she’s laying or not right now! I don’t think she is. I don’t think she’s laying when she’s free ranging. I followed her around yesterday and went down all her little paths. Nothing. But I probably will go ahead and coop them for a bit and see.

Might be why she's an 'outcast'....non-layers are lower in the pecking order.
Are your other pullets laying?

Here's some tips on how to tell....
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/who-is-laying-and-who-is-not-butt-check.73309/

 

[featherhead007]

My Canna, the Ameraucana hen, wandered away, I thought I had lost her, but she came back with seven little chicks in tow!