Bloody head?

[Welshies]

If chickens see blood on another chicken or animal will they peck at that place?

Very often yes

 

[Hybridchucks]

Ugh.... ok :/

 

[song of joy]

Is there any chance a hawk got into the coop or run? Your description matches the damage that one my pullets sustained when she flew over the fence and was killed by a northern harrier a couple of days ago . . . a bloody head and neck with feathers on the head and neck stripped off and some flesh eaten in that region only.

 

[Mrs. K]

No, this is not that kind of attack, it looks like she started bleeding, and crawled off to be alone. You know how if someone has a bloody nose, and the blood gets everywhere? That is what it looks like. I wonder if she did injure it somehow... I am way under staffed in the coop, so should not be a crowding issue. Weird