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I have two "fighting chicken" hens who hatched eggs about one week apart. One family was in a tiny pen, so we put both families together in a large, safe area. But the ladies did NOT get along. After separating them again, one of the moms kept trying to escape and rejoin the flock. She kept...

Someone gave me a setting hen (eggs and all). She is long legged, very black (iridescent green in the sun), and has black legs/feet. She also had a sort of bald spot or bulge on her chest (?). Is there something wrong with her or is that the characteristic of a particular breed? I have a hunch...