Pale comb, otherwise appears healthy?

[Meringue]

Hi all!

Our girls are nearly six months old now, all are laying, but just these past couple of days they’ve had paler pink combs instead of vibrant red. All are eating, playing, and behaving normally, and we checked them for mites and lice, but we can’t find anything wrong. They have an enclosed run and access to a coop that stays at around 75-80 degrees farenheit throughout the day.
I read coconut oil can help with dry skin, so I put some on their combs and wattles this morning and saw an instant difference in most of them, but our gold star has stayed pretty pink, even with the coconut oil. She matured the fastest of all the chicks we got, started laying around 14 weeks.

The weather is still quite warm here, averaging over a hundred degrees most days, so I don’t think it is a change in weather.

Any ideas what’s going on with her?

 

[Eggcessive]

I would look closely for the presence of mites on their bodies. Some only come on them at night in the dark, hiding in the coop during the day. Some are on them 24/7. Mites can cause anemia, pale combs, and death. Permethrin garden dust or spray is the most common treatment. Do they have plenty of shade and shaded water, while having good over head ventilation in the coop and run?

 

[Meringue]

Plenty of shade and cool water, for sure. Perhaps we will take another look for mites again tomorrow. Thank you for your reply!

 

[Meringue]

We checked again this morning and found no mites, but we may go out and check them after dark today. I also put some double-sided tape on the underside of the roosting bars to see if anything crawls out later on and gets stuck. She’s looking better today, but generally seems paler than the others.