Will a predator attack cause a young hen to stop laying?

[ChickenShepherd_6116]

I don't see any shell fragments. If she laying eggs without shells they generally do get eaten.

How do I know if she is laying eggs with no shells? She is acting totally normal, I'm just not getting any of her eggs.

 

[Not-so Slick Chicken]

You could add a camera to see if she is indeed eating eggs.

You could do the roll-away boxes. You could modify your current coop/nest boxes. Or you could block off the current nests, and build a tiny "shed" just large enough for roll-away boxes outside your coop.

These could stress your birds a bit. But egg eating will likely get worse and all the birds might learn it.
If it isn't egg eating, the stress could have caused things to not function correctly for a while maybe?

 

[Afterburner]

Yes, a stressful event can cause the hens to stop laying/start laying messed up eggs. My eight year old Barred Rock was having health problems in the coop. Once she died, the remaining hens stopped laying for nearly a week. A predator attack will cause a much bigger disruption. Give your ladies a couple of weeks to mellow down. Things should return back to normal at that time.

 

[ChickenShepherd_6116]

I heard some advice on YouTube and I'm wondering if it is actually affective in stopping an egg eater:
The first thing was blowing out an egg and filling it with mustard. Apparently chickens really don't like the taste of mustard, so this is suppose to teach them that eggs taste bad.
The second thing they said was putting ceramic eggs in the nesting box. Pretty self explanatory.
The third thing was isolating the hen who is doing the eating. I am not sure how this would help... I have a large wire dog crate that I can put her in for a while if you guys think this would help.

I like the idea of roll away boxes, I just can't do that in my coop.