What is this on my chickens legs?

When I fill there feeder with the scratch grains they all go running and the New Hampshire pecks at their feet but I noticed she sometimes pecks them in their leg so that might be the reason why they are having those black spots.This is the food I feed them - View attachment 2450401
Their droppings-


Pictures of all of them-
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Bloody stool- That was from last night/Cleaning their coop today.
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I would get an all flock/flock raiser feed and provide that free choice.
Use the scratch grains as a treat to scatter and call them in at night or when you need to put them up.

Depending on the size of your feeder, you may need to add another one if the NH is keeping them away from the food. Food aggression could be part of your problem if they are not getting the right diet.

See if by providing a balanced diet for them resolves most of your problems. Keep watch on those sore areas of the legs to make sure they are healing o.k. If you feel those sores need to be addressed, I would either apply Pine Tar or Blu Kote to those places.

The poop does look like intestinal shedding, but if it's consistent, getting a fecal float is a good idea, if not possible then consider deworming and treating for Coccidiosis since the birds seem to be lacking in nutrition.
 
I have noticed that the oldest one (5 months old, New Hampshire) is pecking at the other chickens when they are eating. They free range during the day and at night I put them in their coop. There are 3 roosting bars, the White polish and Molted Houdan are around the same age I am guessing 3 -4 months. The bedding they use is Pine soft bedding. I do not have any rodent issues besides the hawks, no rats, or mice. The food that they eat is mostly from the ground like insects but they do also eat scratch grains, I will also feed them live worms, watermelons, and green foods. I don't know if its because the New Hpshire is the oldest and a female while I believe that the other 2 are males.

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Bedding- Pine-Soft bedding.
If they are free ranging on good forage and there's plenty of grass, as there seems to be in your photos, they will be getting protein there (c. 20% in grass). Feedipedia will give you typical figures for a wide range of foods, e.g. this page https://www.feedipedia.org/node/223 on wheat, which constitutes the bulk of many commercial pellets or mashes. You might want to try confining the NH for a couple of days and see if its behaviour changes? And if the others' wounds and moods improve?
 

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