dancing cloud Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 My six ex-batts are all healthy, happy, cheeky chooks, so I am not worried or thinking there's anything wrong, but very curious. Has anyone else noticed a change of eye colour? Is it a general chicken thing (never having had any before)? When I first got them a month ago, all their eyes were basically colourless/very pale grey, now they are definitely yellow-gold. A couple have slightly darker gold eyes and the rest more yellow. I've not seen anything about eye colour on here, so either the answer is something obvious that everyone (except me) knows, or changing eye colour is a natural consequence of fresh air, freedom and lives of spoiled indulgence, terrorising the cats. If anyone knows, please share. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 I would say that you are spot on in thinking that its their lovely life with you now that has given them back some colour in their eyes. Their combs are pale & insipid when they first come out of the cages,so I reckon their eyes would be too - probably due to the lack of sunlight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancing cloud Posted June 25, 2008 Author Share Posted June 25, 2008 Their combs were all huge, very pale and very floppy when they first came, so much so that Dandelion's covered one of her eyes at first, and they were in fairly poor condition. Now their combs are all much firmer, smaller and dark red, and all the hens have put on weight and are regrowing feathers, so I do think they are all thriving. The change of eye colour was just one of those things I noticed and it bugged me that I didn't know why, so thought I'd ask as somone's bound to know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffie Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 Yes their eyes change colour as they react to daylight and I imagine they need pigment again to protect them (someone else may be able to say if this is the fact) Anyway they do change colour, faces get red and combs shrink. It's lovely to see and my Tulip has a lovely bald but bright red head!!!! BBx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayflower Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 Yes, I noticed this with our hens. They now have beautiful amber beady eyes that shine at you! It's to do with the vitamins in the sunshine and the greenery they can munch on now.......also happiness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frenchlayer Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 Well that's a lovely thing to notice. You must be really pleased. To see them blossom after their confinement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abwsco Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 I also think that they go from having "sad and empty" eyes to ones that are full of life Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
