Can you tell egg color?

[mowin]

And I was ready to go looking for gold earlobes

 

[mowin]

I didn't think so. Sorry if I came off as rude, I just wanted to be informative. This is only true in some cases though.

Were good.. no offense taken.

 

[Gallinarium]

Usually if they have a lot of red in their earlobe, they'll lay brown eggs. If they have white earlobes, they'll lay white eggs. There are exceptions, though.

 

[svh]

Sometimes .....

My Starlight Green Eggers have a green lobe, and lay green/olive eggs, and the Prairie Bluebell have blue earlobes, and lay blue eggs. BUT all the rest of my 16 layers earlobes do not indicate egg color, so maybe .....

 

[Gallinarium]

I haven't EVER seen a green or blue lobe...
And I didn't know that this applies to easter eggers.
It's usually with the brown/white purebreds that you see this pattern. Think Rhode Island Reds and Leghorns.

 

[333113]

Speaking as a breeder, I have to say first that there is no direct genetic correlation between earlobe color and egg color.

That said, most breeds approved by the American Poultry Association have as their standard an earlobe color that corresponds to white earlobes white eggs, red earlobes brown eggs. I don't know whether this was a long-term goal when they started establishing standards in the 1800s. In chickens that are not raised for show, you will find MANY exceptions.

For a fascinating look at chicken color genetics, or a good reason for a nap, check out the chicken color calculator.
http://kippenjungle.nl/Overzicht.htm

It's not complete, but it's always being updated. The primary language is not English, but the translation to English is baked in.

The chicken genome was the first to be mapped. Just because we know where all the genes are, doesn't mean we know how they interact!

 

[LadiesAndJane]

I haven't EVER seen a green or blue lobe...
And I didn't know that this applies to easter eggers.
It's usually with the brown/white purebreds that you see this pattern. Think Rhode Island Reds and Leghorns.

So you have never seen a silkie? Their earlobes are turquoise blue, but they lay very boring cream colored eggs.

 

[aart]

Ok, so according to this article, you can tell the color egg your hen is going to lay by the color of her earlobe.
It's on the internet, so it must be true, right?
https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/d...determine-colour-egg-looking-chickens-earlobe

I knew you were 'kidding'...but this should go all over the place.

My Starlight Green Eggers have a green lobe, and lay green/olive eggs, and the Prairie Bluebell have blue earlobes, and lay blue eggs.

Pics?

 

[Gallinarium]

So you have never seen a silkie? Their earlobes are turquoise blue, but they lay very boring cream colored eggs.

I didn't think of silkies. But silkies are weird in a lot of aspects.
(Though I've never seen one in real life.)

 

[LadiesAndJane]

I didn't think of silkies. But silkies are weird in a lot of aspects.
(Though I've never seen one in real life.)

You are missing out, they are incredibly cute and do not look real! Mine remind me of
Dr. Seuss characters.