One TOENAIL a Different COLOR?! What's up with THAT? (pictures incl.)

[ADozenGirlz]

Both of my Ameraucana chicks, who are 14 weeks old, have a toenail on each foot that is a different color from the rest. What's THAT all about? Is it normal or an anomoly? I've never seen anything like it.

Here are Bessie and Clarice:

Bessie:

Clarice:

No sign of different colored toenails early-on:

 

[crawfordmama]

A couple of my BSLs have a different color toenail than their toes. The color corresponds to the color of the toe pad underneath. For the most part, they have black feet, but a couple have yellow spots on the tips of their toes, so their nails are also yellow.

 

[Chickenkate17]

Maybe like a calcium deficiency, you know how people get calcium deposits on their finger nails? Just a guess...

 

[silkiechicken]

It happens. I've had plenty of pet quality silkies with that "issue". They are supposed to have black skin, but often on the lighter skinned ones the tip of their big middle toe will be white, and when they grow up, their skin turns the normal grey, but that toe nail usually stays white like a normal chicken. Nothing to worry about, just pigmentation distribution.

 

[xxSonja]

Ive had two unrelated cross breed hens with one different coloured toe on each foot (middle toe).