13-14 week old Easter Egger pullet with blue earlobes?

[LateBirdFarms]

Wow! Ok, good to know. My Vanilla is quite the looker, but when I saw her earlobes I was very intrigued. She is the sweetest girl I have.

That she is! A very pretty girl! Theres just something about that wide eyed stare with those amazing cheeks! I very, very briefly owned a similar looking EE who had these little hawk like brow ridges that gave her this constant snobby glare that was totally wrecked by those floofy cheeks. Poor thing was a bad mix for our flock though.

 

[SBFChickenGirl]

In most breeds, ear lobe color shows egg color.

 

[LaFleche]

The only chickens with blue earlobes that I know of all had or have Silkie genes to some degree.

 

[TheOddOneOut]

That she is! A very pretty girl! Theres just something about that wide eyed stare with those amazing cheeks! I very, very briefly owned a similar looking EE who had these little hawk like brow ridges that gave her this constant snobby glare that was totally wrecked by those floofy cheeks. Poor thing was a bad mix for our flock though.

Yes! She is the favorite of everyone, and I do mean everyone. Even me. I try not to have favorites in our little flock of six, but......you know how it goes. A while ago when she was about 8 weeks, she sprained her leg, and didn’t get better, but worse, so she had to be taken to the animal hospital that agreed to help, and in total the visit was SEVEN HOURS. We were in the car the whole time. But hey, they fixed her up, so I’m thankful. She became very sweet over the time she had to have a house stay. I love her quite a lot.

 

[TheOddOneOut]

The only chickens with blue earlobes that I know of all had or have Silkie genes to some degree.

I know, and she doesn’t look much like a Silkie. That’s what’s confusing me!

 

[TheOddOneOut]

She’s 21 weeks now, only one out of 6 not laying. Can’t wait!

 

[JedJackson]

Quoted from Feathersite: "The Tapu race of Rapanui fowl are melenotic with blue-black skin." This breed is one of the South American breeds used to create our American blue egg laying chickens, so maybe that's where your girl's bluish earlobes come from. The right combination of genes can result in some surprising traits that were hidden in the parent stock.

 

[TheOddOneOut]

She lays light blue. My other EE is the green.

 

[TheOddOneOut]

Her earlobes remain the same color.

 

[Painted Calls]

Her earlobes remain the same color.

You have recent pics?