comb color

My roosters comb turned dark red/ purple. What do I do, and what can cause it?

His comb has a strange black thing on some of the tips, I’m not sure what it is. It is very cold outside, but he is a cold hardy breed, so I am not sure.

1 of my hens comb has not turned red like her sisters. She is 7 months. I’ve head that a pale comb could be an indication of an illness. She is acting her normal self, eating and drinking water. Any insight on this comb coloring ?

A chicken friend of mine has a young house rooster who suddenly became lethargic and his comb turned black at the ends. She’s isolated him for now and he’s had some very wet, green poops. Any idea what could be wrong with him? The comb is shiny because it has Vaseline on it. No sign of injury...

We live in Arizona so it hasn’t gotten cold here maybe lowest 65-70 at night just recently and I noticed one of our chickens comb is getting black. I know how important chickens combs are and especially in the summer since it helps regulate body temperature. He’s the only one we have with the...

My black copper maran rooster used to have a beautiful comb. However, lately, I've noticed that his comb has turned purple. He is around 8 months old and enjoys a good comb massage. IT FELT COLD when I touched the purple area while the rest of the comb felt hot. I'm concerned and I'm not sure...

I need some insight! One of my daughter’s favorite hen has suffered comb injury from our sassy black copper marans. They have been separated and given their own space and new enrichment. Her comb has dramatically changed for the worse in the past 48 hours. We just cleaned it and applied...

Am I looking at yet another roo? I already have one suspected roo in my batch of 7 vent sexed chicks. 4 week old Blue Australorp. 🥺

Hi! I have a Barred Rock and her comb has been going purplish in the back and within 5 minutes it went back to bright red. Wondering if this is normal? She is acting normal, eating, dust bathing and being the bully at the top of the pecking order. Why does this happen?

I have 6 chickens and they are now about 26 weeks old. The egg laying just started for the first time about 2 weeks ago. I am only getting one egg every 2-4 days. I am not sure which one is laying or if it is multiple since I am only getting one at a time. My concern is that not all of them...

Hi Everyone! I know I've struggled to find good examples of the proper colors mentioned in the breed standard books so I've decided to try to make a guide that I will turn into an article in order to help others, but I need your help! WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR FROM YOU: I am looking for photo...

It's summer and other than maybe getting sunburnt I'm not sure what caused this. I'm also not sure how to prevent him from more sunburns if that's the case because their coop is already in the shade and they only free range in late afternoon and tend stay under trees even then. Any suggestions...

My hen was attached last week by my dog. She had several holes in her neck when I rescued her abs one eye that wouldn’t open. She seems to be doing ok and is opening her eye now. She’s walking, eating and drinking, but I noticed her comb is much lighter than normal. She hasn’t laid but once...

I have noticed about a week ago my 22 month old pullet got some darker spots on her comb and wattles. I don’t think it’s flock pox it only darker on one side and bottom of the wobbles. She likes to do dust bath so it might be dirt? I’m afraid to touch it. She is eating , laying , playing, free...

I have three 11 week old pullets. 1 black Australorp and 2 barred rocks. They have pretty short combs and they aren’t really red but more on the light pink side. They also look kind of dry. This is my first time having chickens so I just want to make sure they are alright.

This is a partridge plymouth rock at approximately 6 weeks. I’ve had horrible luck with chicks turning into roos and the fact that this one has a comb starting freaks me out. However, it’s mostly yellow and I don’t really see any wattles forming yet so those seem like good signs. What’s your...

Hi there im semi new to chicken keeping about year in next month in june and recently my rooster as suffered some kinda eye injury on may the5th and im not entirely sure what has caused it he seems to be keeping it closed on purpose there is no discharge or mucus or anything around the eyes or...

My chicky Bobby (presumably female) has the most unusual looking comb. In all the research I've done I haven't come across one like her's. What will it form into?

Hello, New to chickens and new to the forum, excited for both. In November for 2019 I adopted 2 Bantam Cochins and were told they were 2 years old. They both laid 1 egg then quit, but I figured daylight savings and a molt that lasted until mid-January were to blame. Neither bird is laying...

We have a flock of 5 hens, all different breeds, 9 months old. Our brown leghorn was the first to lay, but stopped 2 months ago (she's our only white egg-layer so we know for sure she's not laying). Before she started laying, her comb was full, bright red and straight up. When she started laying...