Comb color changes?

[RiverBendPol]

Hi-
We're in Maine where it is cold and snowy already. (altho today it is balmy 30!)
My 3 Buff Orps have been molting and not laying since the end of August. Yesterday I noticed all 3 combs and wattles have turned a sort of pale reddish-peach color and have shrunk! Is this major color change a normal wintertime behavior? I'm worried. Combined with the long molt and lack of eggs could it mean I actually have sick hens and not just a normal phase of chicken-ness going on?

Thanks.

 

[gsim]

I am sorry to hear of this development. I did not know it could happen, unless it has something to do with a very cold climate and certain breeds? Be patient and someone on BYC will have some knowledge of the condition.