That's odd, then. I know she sold off her AC flock years ago (that's what she told me when I asked to buy some from her years ago, at least) so he must have had his for years now. Maybe he bred away from the type of my rooster and towards the type of the one you have. Or maybe he has multiple lines and one slipped its pen. Or again it could be a mutation that has just shown up (the earlobe thing, not the type). If he really got them directly from her then they are pure.
That doesn't mean they should be bred, though. I get some from my birds that are pure that shouldn't be bred. I personally wouldn't breed that rooster just because I don't know how hard it would be to eradicate the wrong ear lobe color down the line. Maybe easy, maybe hard, but I wouldn't mess with it. But then I have a lot of stock to choose from (usually, stupid neighbors and their turkeys) and it sounds like you just have the one rooster, so you may not have a choice.
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