Red around face changing colors when calmed...

[GoodLuckCharlie!]

I just saw the coolest thing! I have a Mottled Java, and she got inside the house to say hello, and so I picked her up, noticing how red her comb/face/wattle are becoming and admiring her. I was calmly talking to her and petting her, and the circular area below/behind the ear that was red, turned white. When I started moving around, it turned red again. I calmed her down again and it turned white again. Isn't that cool! Or does this happen to all the chickens? So cool.

 

[Lizzy28]

Mine almost does that, but sort of the opposite. Her face is usually light pink but when i pick her up her face turns red. I thought maybe she was mad at me for picking her up.

 

[GoodLuckCharlie!]

Yeah, I was surpirsed to see it turn completely white on the earlobe, and her face does turn light too. Huh!

 

[Lothiriel]

I've noticed that they'll go very pale in the face right after they lay an egg. I haven't paid much attention to what happens when I pick them up... Now I'm curious!

 

[SteveBaz]

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Hah... wouldn't your face go pale after laying an egg?

wow what in the heck was that!!

 

[gritsar]

On some birds it's really noticable. One of my older gals, a light brahma, goes very pale in the face when she's just lounging around.

 

[GoodLuckCharlie!]

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Hah... wouldn't your face go pale after laying an egg?

wow what in the heck was that!!

Ha!