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8 months old Rhode Island Red hens.  I lost one yesterday with a bloody butt that the other birds ate into.  I also have another with same problem in the ICU on tetracycline.  Now, this morning I found 1 bloody egg and was able to find the hen with the bloody butt before her friends ate her.  I got her out of the coop and into the yard, and her vent looks normal except for the blood.

 

This same batch had cocci at age 1 month and I lost about half/25 birds before the Corid kicked in.  So what should I be looking at?  It seems that only those 3 hens are affected, so far. 

 

Thanks

Steve