Ha ha! Yes, they're always thinking of some new way to torment us, aren't they?
Blood feather is another name for a pin feather, the long straight shaft that comes in first when new feathers are coming in. During its growth stage, it is full of blood that nourishes the growth process. Because it's made of stiff keratin (I think?) and not flexible skin, if you break a large blood feather, the blood can't clot properly. As a result, an unattended blood feather can bleed and bleed until the bird bleeds to death (sometimes). It's possible you had a small blood feather break, and that it either got plucked out (don't know if they'll do that themselves or not) or, because it was small, it managed to clot and stop bleeding.
The other explanations make sense too.
Just glad they're all okay!
Blood feather is another name for a pin feather, the long straight shaft that comes in first when new feathers are coming in. During its growth stage, it is full of blood that nourishes the growth process. Because it's made of stiff keratin (I think?) and not flexible skin, if you break a large blood feather, the blood can't clot properly. As a result, an unattended blood feather can bleed and bleed until the bird bleeds to death (sometimes). It's possible you had a small blood feather break, and that it either got plucked out (don't know if they'll do that themselves or not) or, because it was small, it managed to clot and stop bleeding.
The other explanations make sense too.
Just glad they're all okay!
