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I’m thinking those are walnut combs, like you’d find on a Silkie. Walnut would make sense genetically if it was an EE hen crossed with a rooster that had a rose comb, but I’m assuming that it was the same rooster who sired Fuzzyfoot. His mom was likely a Marans based on the brown speckled egg and the feathered legs, though she could also have been a mix herself.
If the EE mixes have walnut combs, I think males have a generally wider comb than the girls, and maybe slightly puffier. It’s not a comb type I have any experience with though, and I believe it can be difficult to judge one way or the other until the birds are older. So far I still think they’re pullets, but we’ll just have to wait and see!
If the EE mixes have walnut combs, I think males have a generally wider comb than the girls, and maybe slightly puffier. It’s not a comb type I have any experience with though, and I believe it can be difficult to judge one way or the other until the birds are older. So far I still think they’re pullets, but we’ll just have to wait and see!
