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| Keith Kent |
 Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2007 2:26 pm |
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How can you tell how old a hen is?I was thinking maybe by the comb is one
way?I have one young hen and the comb is small and just developing.My other
hen is older and the comb is fully developed,but flopping over .Can this
tell me anything of age or condition?
Thanks Keith
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| Jill |
| Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2007 2:38 pm |
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Keith Kent wrote:
Quote: How can you tell how old a hen is?I was thinking maybe by the comb is
one way?I have one young hen and the comb is small and just
developing.My other hen is older and the comb is fully developed,but
flopping over .Can this tell me anything of age or condition?
Thanks Keith
Nottingham UK
not easily
A bird in lay should have a strong comb but an adult in moult and out of lay
often don't
If you have a hen with a comb that is flopping over then you have others
than just the Light Sussex- cos Light sussex have upright combs 
As a pullet comes into lay then her comb and wattles will redden and
enlarge.
Older hens -- two or three plus --- tend to have rather more knarled legs
[not all do]
and they just look more worldly wise
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regards
Jill Bowis
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