My husband & I are fairly new to chicken raising, we have a small flock of an Americauna Roo (about 16 months old) & 6 hens. The hens are mixed breed, & the farmer we bought them off of said they should be laying somewhere between Thanksgiving & Christmas, so they're still fairly young. They have all been together about a month now, & seem to get along fine, but there is one hen that seems to be the black sheep. They are free ranging on our 2 acres, & often while the roo & 5 of the hens are in one part of our property, she is in a different part kind of doing her own thing. There have also been a few occasions, when she has disappeared all together for awhile, but has always come back. Also a few times, when we have gone to lock up their coop at night, while the others are all on the roosting poles, she has laid down in one of the nesting boxes. My question is, is this of any concern? I'm not sure if she is just kind of an oddball & is straying from the group, or if the rest of the flock is shunning her. So far, I have not seen any of the others physically picking on her, & I've checked her out to make sure that she doesn't have any injuries, wounds, etc. but she seems to be fine. Any advice would be great! Thanks you
