We start by answering the question “what is a chicken comb?” before discussing different kinds of chicken combs, common chicken comb problems, and how to keep them and your chickens healthy.

The comb is the fleshy red crest on top of a chicken’s head. Both sexes have them ... On a rooster, they are longer and pointier. Different breeds have varying tail feathers, but roosters will always ...

Certain sweep genes exhibit significant correlations with comb mass ... feral and domestic environments involve different genomic regions and feral chickens show some evidence of adaptation ...

Different genes are involved during the ... One interesting observation is that despite domesticated chickens having very large combs, which should make them sexually attractive, combs have ...

When winter rolls in, frostbite can be a real headache for chicken keepers—especially on those tender combs. Since combs stick out and get cold quick, it’s important to know how to spot ...

They have deep bluish-black combs, beaks, cheeks, skin and even a black tongue. The pigmentation continues on to the muscles and internal organs. "It is one Goth chicken," she writes. A ban on ...