Now that I look closely at my cream legbar roo in the next pen over, his comb looks that way too so I wonder if they're fighting through the fence. That would make sense. The other BCM was a runt. I actually thought it was a pullet when I bought it and then all of a sudden his growth exploded...
She doesn't have a lot of color but it's there. I know she doesn't meet breed standards completely but she consistently gives me eggs that are about a 4-5 (mostly 4-the light brown egg in the corner is a store egg for comparison) on the marans scale so I'm good with that :) (sorry the pics...
I noticed my BCM rooster has black crusty areas on his comb & wattle. My BCM hen has a more solid black to her comb and wattle without crusts. They are healthy and active. She has laid an egg every day for the past three weeks with the exception of skipping a day a week after she started laying...
I noticed my BCM rooster has similar black areas on his comb & wattle. My BCM hen has a more solid black to her comb and wattle. They are healthy and active. She lays an egg every day for the past three weeks worth the exception of skipping a day a week after she stayed laying. They are about 9...