When to segregate a molting hen

[Bigfishbobby]

We have a molting hen, approximately a year old. She started a partial molt on her neck a few weeks ago. Feathers on her neck area are slowly growing back. She is acting really lethargic, lost a ton of weight and is basically skin and bones. She isn’t getting picked on but she stopped going into the coop at night on her own a couple days ago (we have been putting her in because it’s chilly at night). She isn’t eating much at all but I still see her drinking occasionally. I’m getting concerned we are going to lose her if this keeps up. I have read you shouldn’t stress them more with a new environment, but I feel like I need to find a way to monitor her intake. The flock is currently on a 22% Nutrena egg layer feed but that doesn’t matter if she isn’t eating it imho. Suggestions?

 

[townchicks]

Try offering some more enticing food, scrambled egg, tuna, wet her regular food to make a mash. She may be avoiding the coop because being jostled by the other hens can hurt when they are molting.

 

[Bigfishbobby]

Going to try letting the others out of the run and leave her inside by herself with some high quality food like tuna/egg that will entice her to eat more than the regular food. I just took out some rice with tuna and mealworms mixed in and the coop went crazy. She is eating a little but gets pushed around by all the others.