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I recently slaughtered a neighbors rooster and encountered two things I hadn't seen before. One was a dark spot on the skin on the back near the tail, about 1" diameter. I cut the area out and it looked like there was blood in the muscle. I'm guessing this is some kind of bruise and the rest...

My 5 22 week old hens start laying about 3 weeks ago. I get 4-5 smallish brown eggs every day. Yesterday and today 1 has had white spots on the shell the color of the ground oyster shells I've been giving them. They're finishing off their pullet grower (with the oyster shells on the side) and...

Chicken seems to be doing well, acting normal, still laying eggs. The wound also looks good, clean and dry. Only thing I'm concerned about is a bubble of air (lower right in the picture). Is this normal, maybe the crop? or should I try to pop it?

Thanks for all the advice and hope! I didn't see any muscle damage. I cleaned with with hydrogen peroxide and applied the bacitracin. She didn't seem to mind and isn't cleaning it out, so we'll see how she does.

Today I discovered on of my hens with a fairly large wound on her neck, presumable done by one of my roosters. It's hard to see in the picture below, but there is a flap of skin with feathers torn in the shape of a V, 1" on each side, and I am able to see her skinny neck and muscle and fat when...

Thanks for all the advice. I'll be sure to keep holding the head to keep the cut open and have an ax on hand, just in case. Those videos were very helpful!

I killed my first two roosters today. I placed them in a "cone" made out of a gallon milk jug, cut their throats on the left side and let them bleed out. The first one went as well as I could have hoped, very calm and quick (about a minute). The second did not go as well. The blood did not flow...

It's the third day and she hasn't come back... I'm curious what happened to her. If she didn't simply run away and get lost, what kind of predator would take her during the middle of the day and leave no trace? Hawk?

Quote: I agree, except I think 7 is a cockerel.. Now I see it too, 7 is a boy too. Yup, lotsa dinners there, but that ain't all bad. At least with chickens you can eat them I'm going to need a bigger freezer.

This afternoon I noticed that one of my 19 16 week old chickens (a pullet named Deathling [translated from the Polish "Zdechlaczek"] because she barely survived hatching) is missing with no apparent trace. They're in a 40x40 ft area with a 4ft chicken wire fence with no netting on the top (yet)...

Quote: I agree. agree This is what I was afraid of... Thanks for everyone's help!

First time having chickens. Hatched 19 from eggs. Farm where I got the eggs says they have Rhode Island Reds and White Leghorns, so presumably these are a mix. 16 weeks old (do they seem small?), not laying yet and not much crowing (they crowed more around 12 weeks). Any help with figuring out...