Comb discoloration

[Noraaaaa]

Hi! It’s 15-25 degrees here and my 5 year old Austrolorp has a comb with an off color. It is usually way more red. She hadent layed and it’s cold so I’m wondering if the comb discoloration is due to that.

 

[tlcmurphy]

Hi! It’s 15-25 degrees here and my 5 year old Austrolorp has a comb with an off color. It is usually way more red. She hadent layed and it’s cold so I’m wondering if the comb discoloration is due to that. View attachment 4024776

Their combs will be paler when they aren’t laying. It doesn’t look like frostbite to me

 

[BuffBrahmaBantams]

You should be fine, if you are really concerned take a cloth soaked with warm water and run it over the comb to restore circulation

 

[aart]

You should be fine, if you are really concerned take a cloth soaked with warm water and run it over the comb to restore circulation

Not a good idea at the OP's temps.

 

[rosemarythyme]

Looks fairly typical for a bird that's molted and not currently laying, I don't see any discoloration.

 

[Loving my girls]

If she’s moulting it’s unlikely she would be laying and her comb would be off colour.

 

[Noraaaaa]

Looks fairly typical for a bird that's molted and not currently laying, I don't see any discoloration.

She molted a few months ago.

 

[aart]

She molted a few months ago.

Right, but still not laying, so paler comb.
Just looks like some dry skin, no reason to do anything about it.

 

[Noraaaaa]

Right, but still not laying, so paler comb.
Just looks like some dry skin, no reason to do anything about it.

Kay! Thanks!

 

[Ridgerunner]

Sometimes it helps to understand why. A bright red comb is nature's way of telling the rooster that this hen is laying and needs her eggs fertilized. A pale comb says, don't bother. There are exceptions to everything to do with chickens, even more after we domesticated them, but this is the evolutionary reason for the combs to go pale when she is not laying. You will often see the same thing when a hen goes broody.

I agree with the others, nothing to worry about from that photo.