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I have plastic bands on most (not all) of my chickens so I can tell them apart for reasons like this. I never found any bleeding from combs, toes, vents, nothin! I cleaned the coop and roosts and never saw blood in there again. The mystery will remain, I'm happy that it wasn't one of my girls...

I cleaned all the blood off of all the surfaces. (what a pain in the butt that was) The next morning there was no new blood and I never did figure out where it came from. . . . . .:confused:

I'd say no on the laryngotrachitis and the coccidosis. Everyone is eating, pooing, running around after bugs, acting totally normally. No exhaustion or coughing or pulmonary symptoms at all. No weird poop either. I sat out and watched them for a couple of hours today and noticed nothing out of...

Well, at least I can rule out any slit throats! All chickens are alive and are counted for. Tonight when they go to "bed" I'll try to examine each one more carefully. They have roosts from 4 ft to 7 ft so I'll have to get my ladder, but I'll do it! :rolleyes:

oh. . . I better start looking some more. It's very difficult to examine 29 grown chickens during the daytime!

Really? That is a possibility then I guess. I know there are mice in my shed at the edge of the free range area.

We do have field mice around, but I found no bones or other remains of one. . . No fur, they wouldn't eat fur would they? :confused:

I let the flock out the runs today, went to open the gate and went back into the house to complete a few chores. I went back to be sure the feed and water were plentiful and found blood "all over" the coop! It looks like a chicken had a cut foot or something and bled wherever she stood, two...