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[camilladyer]

Hi there,

 

I just wanted to ask the forum about my chicken. I thought if i'd find experts anywhere it would be here!

 

I have two chickens and one of them has like a whiteness to her cheeks. Sorry I don't know the correct anatomical terms for a chicken. It only seems to her on her cheeks, and is like a powdery whiteness I suppose.

 

I just wondered if anyone knew what this was, or if its normal.

 

Many thanks,

 

Camilla

[ajayb]

Hi,

Do you mean their ear lobes? If so, some chooks have white or cream coloured lobes and that's an indication that they don't lay brown eggs, I think (my cream legbar has these and she's a blue egg layer).

 

Also, I noticed that some of my hybrids had whitish markings on their red ear lobes and when I asked a couple of more knowledgeable chicken owners they said that a) sometimes there is 'marbling' of colour on the ear lobes and b) if it seems powdery, it can be a yeast-type infection, easily treated with a spot of athlete's foot powder (this latter advice from the former Prinvipal of an Agricultural College).

 

Hope that helps!