Can someone confirm this is normal?

[z3lda3]

Um, that's another right and wrong one, although it is closer to right than the feather color one.

Most of the breeds that lay white eggs do happen to have white earlobs, and most of the breeds that lay brown eggs do happen to have red earlobes, but there are a few breeds that are exceptions either way. When someone mixes two breeds that have matching earlobe colors and matching eggshell colors, of course the chicks have those same traits too-- so new breeds and hybrids do tend to keep the same pattern that is already common. But if you start mixing chickens with red earlobes and chickens with white earlobes, you can easily get chickens that have both red and white in each earlobe. Adding the blue eggshell gene does not change the earlobe color, so you can have red or white or mixed earlobes on chickens that lay blue or green eggs. And depending on what other color genes the chicken has, "white" earlobes can actually look yellow or green or blue (Silkies are known for having blue earlobes.)

Dang is there anything you don’t know??? How about this, why don’t chickens have teeth?

 

[wrathsfarm]

Dang is there anything you don’t know??? How about this, why don’t chickens have teeth?

If they had teeth, they wouldn't cross the road, and then there would be no question of.. "Why did the chicken cross the road?"

 

[NatJ]

Dang is there anything you don’t know??? How about this, why don’t chickens have teeth?

It is pretty common for me to double-check things before I post, which makes me look smarter than I would in a real-time conversation if I stopped to look something up

There actually are quite a lot of things I don't know. But I can't easily give a list, because I don't spend much time thinking about those things.

Regarding chickens and teeth:
https://www.npr.org/2006/02/23/5230538/study-of-chicken-teeth-sheds-light-on-evolution
"A new study shows that chickens, which don't have teeth, still have the genes that make them, and in special cases, those genes can be switched back on...."
And another article on the same subject:
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/mutant-chicken-grows-alli/

(For that one, I knew what terms to put into a search engine to find the answer. I thought I'd read something about it before, but I didn't remember in enough detail to be able to explain it off the top of my head.)

 

[z3lda3]

It is pretty common for me to double-check things before I post, which makes me look smarter than I would in a real-time conversation if I stopped to look something up

There actually are quite a lot of things I don't know. But I can't easily give a list, because I don't spend much time thinking about those things.

Regarding chickens and teeth:
https://www.npr.org/2006/02/23/5230538/study-of-chicken-teeth-sheds-light-on-evolution
"A new study shows that chickens, which don't have teeth, still have the genes that make them, and in special cases, those genes can be switched back on...."
And another article on the same subject:
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/mutant-chicken-grows-alli/

(For that one, I knew what terms to put into a search engine to find the answer. I thought I'd read something about it before, but I didn't remember in enough detail to be able to explain it off the top of my head.)

Oh ok all I heard/read was you’re a smarty pants. Got it.

 

[wrathsfarm]

Um, not exactly. The yolk and white have nothing to do with the shell color, but when the eggshell starts to go on the egg it is either white or blue. At the very end, some eggs get brown color on the outermost part of the shell. This makes white eggs brown, and it makes blue eggs green. But all of that happens before the egg is actually laid.



Argh, that is badly wrong, except it's almost right as well.
Yes, eggshell color depends on the breed of the hen.
No, there is no link between hen feather color and eggshell color. There are lots of breeds with white feathers that lay brown eggs, and even more breeds with brown or other colored feathers that lay white eggs.
But yes, the most common breed of white-egg hen is a White Leghorn. And the most common few breeds and hybrids that lay brown eggs do have brown feathers (Rhode Island Reds, and the various red/gold sexlinks.) It is a concidence as much as if someone thought that big dogs should be one color and small dogs another color, based on what is common.

The link was posted basically about Bond and his like of Marans eggs in books and movies, but I did catch that and had a hmmm moment. But I don't have that specific enough knowledge to post any relevancy to that part of the topic.
As always tho, I appreciate your knowledge on the subject.

 

[z3lda3]

The link was posted basically about Bond and his like of Marans eggs in books and movies, but I did catch that and had a hmmm moment. But I don't have that specific enough knowledge to post any relevancy to that part of the topic.
As always tho, I appreciate your knowledge on the subject.

The about of knowledge is ridiculous! I need @NatJ on speed dial

 

[RoyalChick]

The about of knowledge is ridiculous! I need @NatJ on speed dial

And the great thing is that @NatJ is pretty much on speed dial for all of us!

 

[z3lda3]

It is pretty common for me to double-check things before I post, which makes me look smarter than I would in a real-time conversation if I stopped to look something up

There actually are quite a lot of things I don't know. But I can't easily give a list, because I don't spend much time thinking about those things.

Regarding chickens and teeth:
https://www.npr.org/2006/02/23/5230538/study-of-chicken-teeth-sheds-light-on-evolution
"A new study shows that chickens, which don't have teeth, still have the genes that make them, and in special cases, those genes can be switched back on...."
And another article on the same subject:
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/mutant-chicken-grows-alli/

(For that one, I knew what terms to put into a search engine to find the answer. I thought I'd read something about it before, but I didn't remember in enough detail to be able to explain it off the top of my head.)

Fyi if any of my chickens grew teeth or hatched with teeth, I’d FREAK out. Just saying.

 

[z3lda3]

And the great thing is that @NatJ is pretty much on speed dial for all of us!

He/she is great. She/he can correct you without making you feel like a complete moron lol.

 

[wrathsfarm]

Fyi if any of my chickens grew teeth or hatched with teeth, I’d FREAK out. Just saying.

Prey becomes the predator.