Blood on pullet’s comb/beak

[rebrascora]

I would wait until the spring to get your polish and get at least two. They have a tendency to get picked on in a mixed flock because they look different, so one on her own might end up a loner. It's also better to integrate two or more into an established flock rather than a lone bird.
Integrating new birds into a flock in the winter just makes the task that much more difficult.

 

[ChickenGirl555]

I would wait until the spring to get your polish and get at least two. They have a tendency to get picked on in a mixed flock because they look different, so one on her own might end up a loner. It's also better to integrate two or more into an established flock rather than a lone bird.
Integrating new birds into a flock in the winter just makes the task that much more difficult.

Oh no, no, no. I wouldn't do it during winter, sorry I forgot to mention that! I'm going to try and get day old chicks from my local feed mill and slide them under a broody, so their isn't as much stress with integration, and I can skip the hard part of incubation. I don't know how much space I need, and the coop seems very big for the size of the chickens...and I'm absolutely terrible at estimating so I can't even imagine how much space I have.

 

[rebrascora]

It's simple to assess space.... you just measure the length and the width of the coop and multiply together to get the floor area.... so a 3ftx4ft coop is 12 square ft. and a 5ftx8ft coop would be 40 square ft. You are looking to give each large fowl chicken 4sq ft of coop space, so you could get 3 chickens in a 3x4 coop and 10 in a 5x8. If you have bantams, they need a little less space.
4sq ft per bird is minimum space for winter time when they are confined to the coop more. Extra space is always beneficial.

 

[alexa009]

My red sex link had the same problem with hers but her cause of her bleeding comb was from my easter egger. My easter egger attacked the others in the coop since she preferred the whole coop to herself. That is why I am glad she now sits on the roosting bar with the other birds that are boss over her. Pullets can make eachother bleed as early as 8 weeks. My brahmas were picking on the other ones at 3 months. It could also be she is hurting herself if accidently scratching herself or something else.

 

[The Phantom]

Looks like it got cut on some wire or some one nipped her