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Bartonsfinest
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That's the only thing about her being separated from the flock is she's by herself. She's a bit of a loner ever since her twin egg McMuffin passed away the week of Thanksgiving. My other 5 hens were upset and depressed after eggies death but hawk didn't seemed faded by her absenceIf there's a flockmate she's particularly close with, you may want to bring that one in with her. Chickens aren't usually happy alone. They like companions.
My independent Twirp lost her tail feathers to a dog, hid, was out all night, was found and fished out from DEEP inside a juniper bush. Brought her inside to do clean up/check her over and observe. She drank but wouldn't eat. One of the roos had his tail feathers missing too, but had gotten back into the coop before dark. I snagged him (she isn't close to ANY of the ladies) and brought him in to check over. Then put him in with her. He promptly snuggled in with her, purring and coo-ing to her. She snuggled UNDER him and they both spent the night inside. She didn't start eating until after he started crowing the next morning. When I went to put him out, he turned and fought to come back inside. That only ceased when she took herself out to join him.
The night she spent outside was below freezing (just) and she was shocky and cold when I brought her in. I'm not sure she would have started eating on her own without him.