Talk:Comb (anatomy)

message: Guans have wattles and some have crests, but they don't seem to have combs.  Can anyone confirm either way? --Macrakis 23:00, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Guans

message: What's the purpose of the comb? Does it contain anything useful? Or it this a mating purpose type thing (biggest comb = best male?) Colinstu (talk) 15:55, 2 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: That's a damn good question. I'll try and look it up, but bigger combs are definitely a male thing in the chickens. Steven Walling (talk) 21:26, 2 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: *The years pass and this question remains unanswered...  Does no one know what a comb does or what function it serves on the head of a cock?  KDS444 (talk) 08:39, 11 July 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: The article states "The comb may be a reliable indicator of health and vigor.", which is the way it is thought of in modern poultry science.  However, there is no citation given in the article.  I will try to find one.  I have also read suggestions that it is used in thermoregulation.__DrChrissy (talk) 14:16, 11 July 2014 (UTC)
replies: text:  I always thought it also plays some roll in heat-venting but the only page I can find that supports that notion is this kids website by the American Society of Animal Science. 1. Actually, there are very few relevant pages found by googling "purpose of the chicken comb".  JTdale  Talk 11:13, 12 July 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Purpose of the comb? 

message: Interested to see chicken combs are used in cookery. What do they taste of? Skin, presumably? Or is there some other flavor involved? Danceswithzerglings (talk) 21:41, 9 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Taste 

message: The title of this article is 'Comb(anatomy)'.  I was therefore rather surprised and a little confused to see the term 'cockscomb' used so liberally in the article.  I have worked with poultry for 20 years and I have not heard this term used once.  Surely the body of the text should be consistent with the title and the term 'comb' used throughout, unless 'cockscomb' is a term used in specific circumstances such as cooking, in which case it needs a reference.DrChrissy (talk) 18:40, 9 August 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: I'd just go ahead and change it if I were you. The article was originally titled 'Cockscomb', but it was moved a few years ago and it doesn't appear as though the terminology was updated in the text. --Kurt Shaped Box (talk) 18:52, 9 August 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for the advice - I've made the changes. DrChrissy (talk) 19:10, 9 August 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: No probs. I'd have done it myself if I'd noticed it first... --Kurt Shaped Box (talk) 19:53, 9 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Title of article and use of 'cockscomb'

message: I have tried to find the original article claiming a correlation between comb size and egg production, but without success.  I have therefore changed the sentence to indicate the cited article is not the primary source.  It concerns me that the cited article is in a section entiled 'Tales of the wierd'!__DrChrissy (talk) 18:11, 15 October 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: The secondary report describing this relation between comb size and egg production states - “The hen with the largest comb gets a bigger dose of sperm — and thus more chicks.”  This seems scientifically flawed - how can the amount of sperm deposited in avian species influence the number of eggs laid?  I have deleted the sentence until a more reliable source can be found.__DrChrissy (talk) 18:43, 18 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Comb size and egg production

message: The article should explain why birds have combs. That is why I consulted the article Cock, as well as this one. — O'Dea (talk) 19:31, 15 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Function