This is the same hen a few months apart. 👉🏻 Pay attention to comb status as a barometer of hen health & egg production! 👉🏻Marbella’s comb is bright and full in summer, then shrinks and turns pale in winter. WHY? 👇👇👇 👉🏻COMB (& wattle) size & color are indicators of health & fertility that signal to the opposite sex that the hen is a good mate to help continue his bloodline. 👉🏻When a hen is not actively laying, (ovulating) her oviduct recedes and her wattles shrink & lighten in color. �