Rooster combs & molting

[Penny spender]

Is it normal for a rooster's comb to lose some color when he's molting? He seems healthy and the flock is healthy (just all of last spring's hatch is having a pillow fight in the coop every night - lol)

 

[MotherHen75]

Yep. Pretty sure that’s normal, my hens do this when they’re molting. My cockerel hasn’t molted yet since he hatched just may of this year, but i doubt molting would be any different for a roo.

 

[coach723]

Yes, molting can cause them to be pale. Molt can be very hard for them sometimes, it can vary from year to year and from bird to bird. I just keep an eye on them, make sure everyone's eating and drinking ok, sometimes some of them will get some poultry nutri-drench if they are having a really hard time in my flock, gives them a bit of a boost.

 

[aart]

HuH, I never noticed if the cock's comb pales when he's molting.
The hens do, which I thought was more because of not laying.