Is there a way to tell the age of a chicken if you didn't raise it? When you buy chickens do you just go by what the seller tells you ? Or is there a way to tell the age?
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Actually combing really has nothing to do with age(In my respective).Look at the size of the comb.
The first picture is a young hen
The second picture is an old hen
For a rooster look at the size of the spurs, the longer the spurs the older the rooster. I have a rooster that just began to crow few weeks ago. his spurs are less than quarter of an inch
Saying that. some breeds like leghorns have bigger combs
Actually your hens have pea combs.I have a EE who has had Peacombs for ever,is natural for the breed,It's hard telling age on EE's,but its possible.The combing of that hen is actually like mines,juts when she is older.Oh thanks i prefer laymans terms!!!! All my hens except the original 7 have combs like the first hen you pictured...so basically the test of the hens are all young. Now do EE get regular combs or do theirs stay small like the first pic? The rest of my hens are all EE