Richard Posted December 15, 2007 Share Posted December 15, 2007 All my girls' combs have been upright up to now. I had seen pictures of hens with floppy combs but hadn't really paid any attention. Now one of my Buff Sussex has gone and grown a floppy comb (she's only young, 28 weeks or so, so it is the first time; it has grown that way, not grown upright and fallen over later). Does anyone know why? Is it a breed thing, or an individual hen thing, or just a random thing? Or what? At first I thought maybe she'd slept on it and was having a bad hair day (not really) As you can see from the squat she is just about to start laying (and she has got a lot lot tamer and talks to me all the time) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 15, 2007 Share Posted December 15, 2007 She is beautiful Richard! One of my favourite breeds. I have a with a floppy comb. She is 2.5 yrs old now and absolutely fine; she just has a floppy comb. I hope you don't want to show your hen, otherwise I don't think there's anything to worry about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisa33 Posted December 15, 2007 Share Posted December 15, 2007 She's lovely. I love her floppy comb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted December 15, 2007 Share Posted December 15, 2007 It gives her a unique charm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feemcg Posted December 15, 2007 Share Posted December 15, 2007 I think it's just an age thing Richard, one of my Buff Sussex and one of the Marans has gone floppy in the last few weeks, and they've come into lay in the last couple of weeks too. I must say my 2 Buff Sussex have become so 'friendly' it's starting to annoy me sometimes. If I so much as say their names they squat for ages and I'm constantly tripping over them, literally , they're under my feet all the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted December 15, 2007 Share Posted December 15, 2007 I posted exactly the same query recently: http://club.omlet.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?p=307265&highlight=#307265 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted December 15, 2007 Author Share Posted December 15, 2007 I posted exactly the same query recently: http://club.omlet.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?p=307265&highlight=#307265 thanks - I must have been away and missed your thread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted December 15, 2007 Author Share Posted December 15, 2007 I must say my 2 Buff Sussex have become so 'friendly' it's starting to annoy me sometimes. If I so much as say their names they squat for ages and I'm constantly tripping over them, literally , they're under my feet all the time. Its good to hear that - mine have been the nerviest, most subservient, jittery pair of hens I've had. But now they are getting really tame and friendly. One is just about ready to lay, the other is nearly there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feemcg Posted December 15, 2007 Share Posted December 15, 2007 My Buffs lay medium sized, pale beige eggs with white speckles on them - they both lay identical eggs, I can't tell them apart - it'll be interesting to see if you get the same Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 15, 2007 Share Posted December 15, 2007 I thought this was another thread about your advancing years Richard What a pretty little chicken! Sorry, can't help you with the floppy comb though. xxx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted December 15, 2007 Author Share Posted December 15, 2007 I thought this was another thread about your advancing years Richard I don't know what to say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 15, 2007 Share Posted December 15, 2007 i'm blaming it on the mulled mavrodaphne! hic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoid Posted December 15, 2007 Share Posted December 15, 2007 I thought this was another thread about your advancing years Richard just what I was thinking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted December 15, 2007 Share Posted December 15, 2007 Sorry I can't help with the comb problem Richard, but I'm sure it's normal. She's a lovely hen! It's funny, I can see all the traits you are describing for your buff sussexes in my sussex x araucana! Very nervous at first - now she runs up to me and squats so I usually tread on her toes! Also lays cream eggs with white speckles (rather than blue ) She even looks like a buff sussex, just with a lot of facial hair! This is Rosie in her favourite place - she's always last out of the cube and will sit on the top rung of the 'ladder' and talk to me until I lift her down! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Couperwife Posted December 15, 2007 Share Posted December 15, 2007 she is lovely, she looks very intelligent well she must be if she waits for you to carry her downstairs cathy x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feemcg Posted December 15, 2007 Share Posted December 15, 2007 She's gorgeous Snowy - can definitely see the Buff Sussex in her. Her legs look as if they have a greenish tinge? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted December 15, 2007 Share Posted December 15, 2007 You are right Fee - she has the wierdest coloured legs! (and I think she's gorgeous, but I'm a very prejudiced chicken mummy!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted December 16, 2007 Author Share Posted December 16, 2007 she's certainly a very pretty lady - and looks as though she knows it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftyhunnypie Posted December 16, 2007 Share Posted December 16, 2007 I have just got to take a phot of my Smarties comb tomorrow. You wouldn't believe how floppy it is! Almost like a bonnet. She is a white leghorn & my sister's leghorn is the same. Emma.x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...