I have a small flock of 8 hens, today when I went to water them I found blood all over the inside of the coop. It is mixed with poop so someone is bleeding rectally. They have been happy and healthy for almost 2 years, I do not think one is injured or hurt by a predator. One of my golden...
Thank you all for the help, advice, and education. That's the second one of my flock of 10 pullets that I ordered to grow up and be a roo. My daughters are quite disappointed but hopefully we can find someone to take him.
Oh man, we can not keep a rooster. Any second opinions my daughters do not want to give up any more of their birds. If this is a rooster he is available for adoption!
Thanks for the responses, donrae they are about seven weeks old. Suspected we had a rooster, this makes me sad I was looking forward to more white eggs.
Can anyone verify my two white leghorn "pullets" in this picture are actually brother and sister? I can not have a rooster per local rules. And, if my suspicions are correct would anyone like to adopt Renaldo as my daughters have named this one?