Mary Fisher wrote:
> "Keith Kent" <nospam@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
> news:M2zQh.98$C82.47@newsfe7-win.ntli.net...
>> I have posted here before regarding a light sussex hen with a floppy
>> comb,well the comb is still floppy.And now the other hen which has
>> started laying so comb is still developing is starting to go on the
>> floppy side.So now am thinking i do not have light sussex but might
>> have Columbian Wyandotte?I have looked at pictures with google and
>> they look very similar,are their differences i can tell between the
>> two.Or could i have something else,or can light sussex have floppy
>> combs ? Thanks Keith
> My Wyandottes don't have much comb to speak off, not enough to be
> either erect or floppy.
>
Wyandottes should have rosecombs.
Floppy combs tend to be Leghorn and Minorca
When not in lay their combs tend to be small and pale, when in full lay they
are red and flop over
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