AmadeusFarms
Hatching
- Sep 18, 2020
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Thursday morning, the combs and wattles on two of my six hens were blue. Yesterday they'd gone purple, and remain that way now.
They show no signs of distress and their behavior/ activity level hasn't changed one iota. They run, scratch, eat, drink, and engage in all the same behavior as the other girls, and show no signs of being short of breath. If their color wasn't off you wouldn't think there was a thing wrong with them.
We've examined them for mites and didn't see any, or any other parasites. Their feathers are clean and fluffy and their vents seem fine- no discoloration, discharge, or anything to indicate a problem.
they do have one odd trait- they sleep on the floor under the roosts rather than in the roosts themselves. There is room for them and we've put them up there before but they jump right off. But they've slept like that since we added them to our flock over a year ago, and this color problem has never occurred before.
They seem to be three and four in the pecking order.
I'm at a loss, and any ideas or advice is appreciated.
They show no signs of distress and their behavior/ activity level hasn't changed one iota. They run, scratch, eat, drink, and engage in all the same behavior as the other girls, and show no signs of being short of breath. If their color wasn't off you wouldn't think there was a thing wrong with them.
We've examined them for mites and didn't see any, or any other parasites. Their feathers are clean and fluffy and their vents seem fine- no discoloration, discharge, or anything to indicate a problem.
they do have one odd trait- they sleep on the floor under the roosts rather than in the roosts themselves. There is room for them and we've put them up there before but they jump right off. But they've slept like that since we added them to our flock over a year ago, and this color problem has never occurred before.
They seem to be three and four in the pecking order.
I'm at a loss, and any ideas or advice is appreciated.
