Yep, you can just wipe your scissors with alcohol, let them dry, and snip.  Wipe the flesh off with a bit of your iodine mix.  The 'red parts' are not supposed to have as much blood supply & nerves.  There was an article in Backyard Poultry showing how they dub chickens and cut off most of the earlobes, combes, wattles.  
I have not done it myself, but it looks alot like cutting a horses frog or chestnuts off (if you're familiar with that). They are fleshy parts, but not painful for the animal to have them trimmed.
	
		
			
		
		
	
				
			I have not done it myself, but it looks alot like cutting a horses frog or chestnuts off (if you're familiar with that). They are fleshy parts, but not painful for the animal to have them trimmed.
 
	 
 
		 
 
		 
 
		 
 
		 
 
		 
 
		
 
 
		 
 
		 
 
		 
 
		 
 
		 
 
		 
 
		 
 
		 
 
		 
 
		 
 
		