Blood splattered in coop

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I have 8 hens all roughly 27 - 28 weeks old. 6 of them are laying and 2 are not yet. Went out to the coop Wednesday and there was blood on the roost bar and blood sprayed on the coop wall. All the birds are acting normal and and I looked at each one's butt and didn't see anything. I couldn't tell which one did it. See pics. Should I be concerned? This was 2 days ago and they are still acting normal.
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Look at combs and wattles closely. See if you see any injuries, after 2 days it could be just a tiny black spot, or could even be gone. But even a small nick or injury to combs and wattles can bleed a lot, and if they shake their head it will go everywhere. Could have been a roosting space spat. They heal pretty fast, so often all you see is a tiny black spot.
The only concern would be if you are seeing blood in droppings instead. If droppings are normal, and as you said they are all acting fine, then likely that is what happened.

*EDIT* as an aside, I noticed loose screws on the window ledge. While they are apparently (?) large ones, I would remove those so that they don't get swallowed by a bird. I've seen them eat some really odd things on occasion, ingesting one of those would be very bad news for the bird. Swallowing nails, screws, staples, etc can cause what is called hardware disease and can cause internal punctures and infections. Honestly, anything even questionably swallowable, should not be where they can get to it. Better safe than sorry. There is a thread on here somewhere where a pullet swallowed a foot of paracord.
 
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Ahh that makes sense. I was thinking it was bloody poop splattered everywhere. I do have one bird that is a bully and picks on the 2 smallest ones. She likely pecked on of them in the comb or wattle. The splatters are consistent with one bleeding and shaking her head. I will check them again.

And yes the screws are gone. I was doing a project in there and forgot them only for that day.

Thanks!
 

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