Sunken Comb?? (Blue Wyandotte Pullet)

[KikiDeAnime]

I should have posted this last month when I first noticed but forgot.
Anyway, our Blue Wyandotte pullet has a sunken comb and I want to know why that is.
She's almost 19 weeks old in case you wanted to know her age!

Could she be sick and this a sign?
Does she just not have a comb at all and I'm thinking its sunken?
What should I do?

This is the only recent picture I have of her:

I'll be sure to get a better photo of her soon.
She's indoors while a terrible rainstorm blows through this week.

 

[sourland]

Hard to see her comb in that picture, but I'm guessing that she is just a slow developing pullet.

 

[HuffleClaw]

Zoomed in and brightened the pic up a bit. I don’t think it’s anything to be worried about;

 

[KikiDeAnime]

Zoomed in and brightened the pic up a bit. I don’t think it’s anything to be worried about;
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Thanks. At least I don't need to get a better photo now.

 

[rebrascora]

You are aware that Wyandottes have a rose comb which is different to a single comb which you might be used to seeing or think is normal? Rose combs are flatter and come to a single point at the back. There are other comb types too like pea combs and walnut.
If you search for diagrams of chicken combs, hopefully you will find an illustration of all the different types or perhaps someone will be kind enough to post the diagram here.

 

[KikiDeAnime]

You are aware that Wyandottes have a rose comb which is different to a single comb which you might be used to seeing or think is normal? Rose combs are flatter and come to a single point at the back. There are other comb types too like pea combs and walnut.
If you search for diagrams of chicken combs, hopefully you will find an illustration of all the different types or perhaps someone will be kind enough to post the diagram here.

We have 3 Splash BLR Wyandotte hens so I know a lot about their comb. My profile picture is our Wyandotte hens during summer this year.

 

[rebrascora]

Sorry, I didn't mean to over simplify.... it is hard to know how much experience people have and better to assume too little knowledge, as too much and miss something really obvious.

 

[KikiDeAnime]

Sorry, I didn't mean to over simplify.... it is hard to know how much experience people have and better to assume too little knowledge, as too much and miss something really obvious.

Not to worry!
Technically I still don't know a lot about the different combs, so you were right to assume that I may not know a lot about the Rose comb.

 

[achiekitty]

I should have posted this last month when I first noticed but forgot.
Anyway, our Blue Wyandotte pullet has a sunken comb and I want to know why that is.
She's almost 19 weeks old in case you wanted to know her age!

Could she be sick and this a sign?
Does she just not have a comb at all and I'm thinking its sunken?
What should I do?

This is the only recent picture I have of her:
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I'll be sure to get a better photo of her soon.
She's indoors while a terrible rainstorm blows through this week.

I was wondering how your blue Wyandotte is doing. Somebody had mentioned that she maybe slow growing. I seem to recall my blue Wyandotte as the smallest and slowest growing in the flock and being that she’s got a rose comb, it was barely visible when she was little.

Hope she’s doing well and has grown bigger and stronger. My Lady Grey has grown into a sweet, often broody, beautiful hen. She’ll be 3 in May. She’s now my largest hen. The other 2 are Easter Eggers and a lot more agile.

 

[KikiDeAnime]

I was wondering how your blue Wyandotte is doing. Somebody had mentioned that she maybe slow growing. I seem to recall my blue Wyandotte as the smallest and slowest growing in the flock and being that she’s got a rose comb, it was barely visible when she was little.

Hope she’s doing well and has grown bigger and stronger. My Lady Grey has grown into a sweet, often broody, beautiful hen. She’ll be 3 in May. She’s now my largest hen. The other 2 are Easter Eggers and a lot more agile.

She's doing better but the area is still flat. I'm thinking that maybe she was injured when she was a bit younger because she was put outside during a few warm days in a small cage for the 'see, no touch' method. We didn't have an extra coop at the time for her and her mini flock of 3.
She's currently in a mini flock of her, a Olive Egger, and a Buff Orpington.
She's still pretty small though.
I'll get a photo of her tomorrow.