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Hello all! I’ve got some misbehavior happening causing bloody combs and I’m not sure why or what to do about it.
Yesterday my girl Piper (Plymouth Blue Rock) had a bloody comb so I stayed out in the run to see what was happening. I noticed another of my girls, Kia (Leghorn) who typically keeps to herself also had some blood. Kia went into one of the coop boxes to lay an egg. She got territorial when Piper went to see what was going on (she’s always the one keeping up with the others and what they’re doing). Piper went to another box and was prepping it like Kia was. Kia wasn’t having it and went to attack her. Piper started to do a purring sound that I’ve never heard before and would start to make her way to the run when Kia would start attacking. I tried attaching a video but it doesn’t give me an option
I got my chickens at a day old in July and some started laying last week. I haven’t really seen them get nasty towards each other and being that this is a first go around for me, I’m not sure what is happening. Are they going broody? Are they just mean? And what do I do about the bloody combs?
Yesterday my girl Piper (Plymouth Blue Rock) had a bloody comb so I stayed out in the run to see what was happening. I noticed another of my girls, Kia (Leghorn) who typically keeps to herself also had some blood. Kia went into one of the coop boxes to lay an egg. She got territorial when Piper went to see what was going on (she’s always the one keeping up with the others and what they’re doing). Piper went to another box and was prepping it like Kia was. Kia wasn’t having it and went to attack her. Piper started to do a purring sound that I’ve never heard before and would start to make her way to the run when Kia would start attacking. I tried attaching a video but it doesn’t give me an option
I got my chickens at a day old in July and some started laying last week. I haven’t really seen them get nasty towards each other and being that this is a first go around for me, I’m not sure what is happening. Are they going broody? Are they just mean? And what do I do about the bloody combs?