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We are maintaining a small farm with 3 chickens, 2 dogs, and a bunch of meat rabbits. We grow a lot of vegetables and fruits every year. I am hoping this site can guide us to having a healthy small flock. Our hens are about 1 year old and have been laying an egg a day for 2 of them but the one was every other day. Now the every other day layer hasn't layed an egg for about a week. Also she is bare on her rear, but she is acting normal. I am worried about her. I have been reading all kinds of articles to try to figure out a way to help her. When I came upon this site I thought this is a good place to ask questions and read what other have done.

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If you're in the northern hemisphere, it sounds like the feather loss could be from regular molting, and the reduced egg laying is from getting less light. They naturally take a bit of a break during molting and winter months (when there is less than 14 hours of light during the day.)

If you have a picture to post, it could help to diagnose the problem. If you're sure they aren't feather-picking, I bet they are just naturally coming into their first molt (they usually don't molt as pullets since they have a few juvenile molts.)

You could give them a bit of extra protein to help them regrow their feathers.

Thanks for joining and welcome to BackYard Chickens!
 
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