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Is she sitting in the nest box a lot? Two of my mid March girls went very very broody on us, and one just a bit. They all stopped laying. DB never fully went broody and soon was back to laying. The other two will be mommies in about a week. You could also watch to see if your other one is keeping her out of the nest box or if she is laying in a hiden spot. One of our girls from the same earlier batch has been hiding eggs all over. She actually started laying right beside the very busy highway. I had to put up a fence to discourage that. Then she squeezed under the hen house and layed. She got stuck or we would have never thought to look there. Once it snows she should get the idea hopefully. Other things to check for is molt, pests, predators, stress, and illness. Some chickens are immune to stress and others are ......well CHICKENS. We had one that was just terribley flighty. She would freek out if a gnat landed near her. Liturally she did. My son took to catching her and cuddling her until she started to trust him. Now she runs to him for protection from that big scary leaf that flew past. She's still a big chicken, but has developed some secure areas. She now only lays when my son is around and since school is in session she only lays in the evenings and weekends, but often skips days until she can't hold it in. We had another that would freak out if we looked into the nest box when she was in there. She would run out squaking like we just tried to kill her and nary an egg we would see from her until she settled down. Which could be a few days or a few weeks. She was beautiful, but screwy in the head. We don't cull our hens when they get ill as many do. Our girls are my 7 almost 8 yearl olds pets and responsibility. All 139 and counting. He (As in Mom take care of them for me......all big sad eyes and quivering lips) would rather deal with an occasional bout of illness and nursemaid them back to health. He has lost a few over time, but that is to be expected. But to be honest I would place a bet that she has found a nifty new spot to lay her eggs. They are like boys it's easier to go outside than go through the whole trouble of going inside. I knew we were short on eggs and I just know they were laying out in the woods, but for the life of me I couldn't find it. That was until the leaves started falling and there they were about 150 eggs in one hugh communal nest. You would think that that many would be visible, but they found a good place to hide them. It was after all too hot to leave the shady area. Any little dark area and I mean little sometimes and you better take a good look.