Single hen

[feemcg]

I was wondering if its normal for the chickens colouring to change/alter as they get older. When I got Beauty she was black with a white 'collar' and a few specks of white on her chest - now she has loads of white extending right down her chest and under her tummy and on her wings. The farmer I got her from said she was a black 'link' but I'm not exactly sure what that means (I know...I should have asked!) Is the colour change normal?

[Budgies]

I've no experience of it myself, Fee, but I believe Martin Gurdon in his "Hen and the Art of Chicken Maintenance" refers to a black chook that became white as it aged, then partially moulted and went back to some black!!

 

Quite sweet, really!!

 

Sue Budgie x

[chocchick]

Su used to be almost white with one dark feather (which Beth used to peck at). She's now got more obvious amber spodges all over her back.

[The Dogmother]

Mine have changed subtly too. They're all moulting again, so one morning I'll go outside to find completely different chooks