{"id":638,"date":"2018-08-30t13:13:12","date_gmt":"2018-08-30t13:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/poultry.mystagingwebsite.com\/?page_id=638"},"modified":"2018-08-30t13:25:13","modified_gmt":"2018-08-30t13:25:13","slug":"comb","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"\/\/www.bkpromos.com\/glossary\/comb\/","title":{"rendered":"comb"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);\"><b><i>written by<\/i><\/b><\/span><span style=\"background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); display: inline; float: none; font-family: &quot;helvetica neue&quot;,helvetica,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\">: dr. jacquie jacob, university of kentucky<\/span><br\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: &quot;helvetica neue&quot;,helvetica,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\">a <\/span><strong style=\"background-color: transparent; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: &quot;helvetica neue&quot;,helvetica,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\">comb <\/strong><span style=\"display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: &quot;helvetica neue&quot;,helvetica,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\">is the fleshy, red outgrowth on top of a chicken&#8217;s head. types of combs, shown\u00a0below,\u00a0include single, rose, pea, cushion, strawberry, buttercup, and v-shaped.\u00a0the comb primarily is for display, but it also serves to cool the bird in hot weather. in hens, the comb is an indicator of egg production status. a\u00a0large, red comb typically indicates a hen that\u00a0is laying eggs; a small, pink comb indicates a bird that is not laying.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"190\" src=\"https:\/\/poultry.mystagingwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/comb_types-300x190.png\" alt=\"diagram showing the different comb types for chickens\" class=\"wp-image-41\" srcset=\"\/\/www.bkpromos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/comb_types-300x190.png 300w, \/\/www.bkpromos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/comb_types-768x486.png 768w, \/\/www.bkpromos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/comb_types-1024x648.png 1024w, \/\/www.bkpromos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/comb_types.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption>diagram showing the different comb types for chickens<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>different types of chicken combs. source: university of illinois. used with permission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>written by: dr. jacquie jacob, university of kentucky a comb is the fleshy, red outgrowth on top of a chicken&#8217;s head. types of combs, shown\u00a0below,\u00a0include single, rose, pea, cushion, strawberry, buttercup, and v-shaped.\u00a0the comb primarily is for display, but it also serves to cool the bird in hot weather. in hens, the comb is an &hellip; 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