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My Tom lost his snood... went from long red and vibrant to being gone.... His wattle isn't vibrant red and big anymore either. Any ideas? He's not drumming or being all manly all of the sudden, he actually looks like a hen now.

My Tom lost his snood... went from long red and vibrant to being gone.... His wattle isn't vibrant red and big anymore either. Any ideas? He's not drumming or being all manly all of the sudden, he actually looks like a hen now.

I laughed when I saw this even tho it's years old... same thing happened to us last night, went to put our last gurl to bed and husband saw in the corner of the coop a possum... He pulled out his gun and shot him... wow if we didn't have to put our last gurl who by the way stayed out too late to...

Our 5 chickens have an 8x6 coop, not insulated. 3 windows that I cover in plastic through the winter. Ground is dirt with bedding scattered. I leave our 2 brooder lights on in the coop and since I've done that they started laying again and basically that's the reason I put the lights on and also...