Mystery Blood on Sleeping Roost, Bumblefoot?

[Goober9]

Hello Everyone,
I have four lovely ladies which are a little over a year old now. They all seem to be very healthy but this evening I went to go collect the eggs and noticed about a 6 inch circle of died blood on their sleeping roost. I've inspected all the ladies as best as I could and there's no evidence of injury anywhere. Everyone still has all their toenails and there wasn't blood anywhere else except for the roost. I don't think it would be possible for one of the ladies to find a mouse in the sleeping hutch and then carry it up to the roost, which is about 16 inches off the ground.

The bedding is around 3 inches of shavings. I'll inspect the underside of everyone's feet tomorrow. Could this mystery blood be caused by bumblefoot??

Thanks!

 

[FridayYet]

Check for a broken, growing tail feather. That's what my mystery blood was from.

Good luck! Hope everyone is ok.

 

[Goober9]

Thanks for the suggestion. Below are two pics, one of the perch (blood is on the right side of the perch) and the other is a close up of the crime scene. I checked all the ladies tody for broken feathers and wings but everyone seems fine. I'll clean and check everyone's feet tonight. I also ran my hand across the perch and there's nothing sharp which would give anyone a bad splinter.

Still in a mystery.