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Thank you, jak2002003. You're the second person on the thread who hasn't seen a rooster attack a hen over fowl pox, so the situation remains mysterious. I'm pretty sure she does have fowl pox, though. I looked really closely and it isn't just dried blood. My plan is to let her get over it and...

This hen is a year and a half, as is one other in the group. The other four hens and the rooster are a year old. All raised together. No problems before. Rooster is unusually gentle as a rule. When I cleaned out the coop after diagnosing Aries with fowl pox, the rooster got into it and watched...

Update: I found someone to take the hen but first I took a really close look at her. Saw small black specks on her comb that I hadn't noticed before. A little research and voila -- she has a mild case of fowl pox. So BigBad the Rooster was right! The hen is now convalescing in the hospital yard...

Thank you very much. I was thinking of rehoming the chicken (lotsa backyard chicken keepers here) but I'll spend some time with them first and observe her. Maybe he IS trying to tell me something.

I have one rooster and seven hens. They were hatched and raised in the same multi rooster group and have been with me for six months as a group. It's been a lovefest until 3 days ago. I LOVE the rooster, who is RIR/Americauna and has always been very gentle and terrific at watching for hawks (a...