Patridge bantam chicken poorly foot?

[Dinkychick]

Are these the bits of skin below the fluffy tufts they have that i thought were ears or are the fluffy bits their ears lol.

 

Are cockerals ears a different colour or is it breed type that defines colour... what are the fluffy tufts for??

[Old Speckled Hen]

Chickens do have ears, but they are more like ear holes on the side of the head, covered by feathers. They do not have an outer ear, or pinna, as most mammals do, but they do have

ear lobes. The colour of the lobe does somewhat indicate the colour of

the eggs. It is believed that the same gene that determines the colour

of the ear lobe also determines egg colour.

 

Don't you get this especially in Aruacanas?

 

An all white chicken has white ear lobes therefore, white hens will lay

white eggs. The shade of brown of the egg will be indicated by the degree

of colour of the ear lobe. In other words, a chicken with blackish lobes

will not lay a black egg, but it may be a deep brown.

[Scramble]

I've heard that you get it especially in lavender aruacanas, they lay blue eggs.

most of the time...

[Dinkychick]

Thanks for the info! I didnt know ear lobe colour had anything to do with egg colour

 

well i have one with red and pale blue ear lobes, one with red ones and one with black ones so i should be getting a rainbow of coloured eggs hehe... when they start laying!