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A hen's comb may turn a lighter color due to several factors, including changes in health, stress, or hormonal fluctuations. For instance, a hen that is sick or under stress may experience reduced blood circulation to the comb, leading to a paler appearance. Additionally, during the molting process or when laying eggs, hormonal changes can affect the color of the comb. Environmental factors such as temperature and lighting can also play a role in its coloration.
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What does it mean if a broody hens comb goes grey?
Stress could be the reason for a broody hen's comb to go grey. A change in comb color often happens when a hen isn't feeling well or is missing something in their diet.
What age can hens breed?
You know when a hen is ready to start laying eggs when her comb drops, and her face feathers are full and have lost the "pinkish" color.
How can you tell which of your hens are laying?
The hen who is laying will have an inflamed comb. When they stop laying or aren't laying yet, their combs become a pinkish-pale color.
What rooster would suit brown hens?
Just about any color that is dark would look suitable.
What do red hens eat?
all the hens eat the same thing, does not matter what color they are,
What body parts of the rooster attract hen?
The fleshy growth on top of a rooster's head, known as the comb, is used to attract hens. Hens are attracted to roosters with big, bright combs.
What makes a chicken's comb bleed?
Bullying from roosters and other hens can cause fights that result in bleeding if the comb is pulled. Frostbite is also a possibility if their is colder temperatures than usual.
Hens comb is edible?
Yes. Most North Americans will not eat the comb or wattle . It is fatty and tough but it is pickled by several cultures. It needs to be boiled and preserved in a vinegar solution to soften it up.
In older chickens how do you pick which is the rooster?
When chickens grow up, the roosters often develop the red comb and wattle, and denser feathers, before hens. Fully-grown roosters are usually larger than the hens. They have a leaner, less 'dumpy' shape, and their tail feathers are much larger and curve out. They often have a larger, brighter comb and wattle. They also strut around, crow, and if run with hens will attempt to mount them.
What color eggs do australorpe hens lay?
Brown.
Why do brown egg hens sometimes lay white eggs?
A breed that will lay a brown egg, will not lay a white or tinted egg. However, the eggs will be darker at the begging of hens laying cycle, and can fade to an extremely pale shade by the end of her laying cycle. The only other reason why a hen might lay an unexpected egg color, would be if she was a mix.
Why do white hens lay white eggs and brown hens lay brown eggs and black hens don't lay black eggs?
Feather coloring does not influence the color of the egg laid. The breed of the hen dictates what color her eggs will be.
