Ok, I will check again. I did check this morning first thing and did not notice any prolapse or peck marks but I will check again when I wash her. Is there something specific that I should wash he with?
No, we just have the original 5 that have grown up with each other. Like I said it's been less than 24 hours since I first noticed the bloody bottom, and in that time she's mostly slept since it started late yesterday so I haven't noticed any odd behavior other yesterday when she squat to poo...
That's what I was thinking, but do you think it has anything to do with the bloody bottom? None of my hens eggs have ever shown signs of soft shells in the past. It seems like all of this has happened in less than 24 hours.
Ok, so I checked on my hens this morning as soon as they got up, and I still didn't find any bloody poop in the run or in the coop, but I did find an egg that had been laid that wasn't in the nesting box and that didn't have a shell. I checked her for prolapse and her vent looked normal. Her...
Thank you for your reply. I don't think it's a stuck egg because she had just laid an egg. When I was looking at her I didn't notice anything coming from her vent, but I will check again today. The one big thing I noticed was the blood all down her feathers and then right after I let them out...
So I'm new to raising chickens. We got 5 chickens this spring and they are about 6.5 months old now. This evening when we let our chickens out into the yard to roam one of my leghorns had blood all over her butt area. She seemed to be trying to poop but no having much success. She looks normal...