Why my white leghorn chickens has blue earlobes?

[aart]

What a great pic!

 

[Weehopper]

Mixed breed

 

[gregory991]

Not the best pics, but you can see my two white Leghorn ladies here. They're stark white, very slender bodied, upright, large floppy combs. If your birds are Leghorn mixes, chances are they're not going to have the stellar egg production of a pure Leghorn. Really, nothing tops them, and few breeds consistently match them. So, anything you mix them with is going to lessen production in the next generation. Now, how much? Hard to say. May be as little as one fewer egg every 2 weeks or so, or it may be 3 fewer eggs a week per hen. I wish chickens came with a little bar code or something we could scan and see their genetic make up for egg color and production...but that would take all the fun out if it, right?

thanks a lot for informations, you have really pretty chickens

 

[PaulaMc]

Talula, my leghorn is an ex batt hence the floppy comb bless. However, she lays like a trouper-the biggest, most gorgeous eggs

 

[gregory991]

Not the best pics, but you can see my two white Leghorn ladies here. They're stark white, very slender bodied, upright, large floppy combs. If your birds are Leghorn mixes, chances are they're not going to have the stellar egg production of a pure Leghorn. Really, nothing tops them, and few breeds consistently match them. So, anything you mix them with is going to lessen production in the next generation. Now, how much? Hard to say. May be as little as one fewer egg every 2 weeks or so, or it may be 3 fewer eggs a week per hen. I wish chickens came with a little bar code or something we could scan and see their genetic make up for egg color and production...but that would take all the fun out if it, right?

what approximately can i get if i mix them with a new hampshire rooster, What the offsprings look like?

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

I don't really see blue, but if you say it's there in person I'll believe you.

what I'm not seeing is a Leghorn. A full body pic would help, but this bird looks mixed to me. Leghorns are pure white, and more slender looking than this bird appears from what I can see. I'd also expect a larger, floppier comb. So, give us a full body shot of a bird or two, but my guess is you've got mixed breed birds, with some Leghorn ancestry.

X 2 - nice looking girl, but not a purebred leghorn.....which explains the odd lobe color you are seeing in person (though, as @aart says, sometimes the white can appear a bit bluish).

 

[donrae]

what approximately can i get if i mix them with a new hampshire rooster, What the offsprings look like

Not knowing the make up of your birds, it's hard to say. Most common large fowl that are white are dominant white. Basically, that means they turn all the black into white. Red still comes through, more or less. So, mixing a white bird with a red bird gives a mix of red and white birds. maybe some dark collars and tails from the New Hampshire blood. Should be decent enough layers if the mommas are.