Why my white leghorn chickens has blue earlobes?

[aart]

You really only need to post one pic....everyone can see the first one.

Kind of fuzzy, can't really see clearly.....but I see no real blue, sometimes white can appear bluish depending on lighting.

 

[gregory991]

You really only need to post one pic....everyone can see the first one.

Kind of fuzzy, can't really see clearly.....but I see no real blue, sometimes white can appear bluish depending on lighting.

i doesnt look blue beacuse poor camera

 

[donrae]

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.

 

[gregory991]

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. 

that's a half body pic

 

[aart]

Agrees, she's a mix......blue lobes probably come from silkie in her background somewhere, there may be other birds with blue lobes too.
Nothing to worry about...many(maybe even most) chickens are mixes of two or more breeds int heir backgrounds.

 

[gregory991]

Agrees, she's a mix......blue lobes probably come from silkie in her background somewhere, there may be other birds with blue lobes too.
Nothing to worry about...many(maybe even most) chickens are mixes of two or more breeds int heir backgrounds.

does that indicates in less egg production than clean leghorns?

 

[twinsmom6]

wait is this guess the color of the dress game? they look pretty white to me

 

[aart]

Quote: Impossible to know.....maybe, but maybe not either.
So much with chickens is wait and see.

 

[gregory991]

Impossible to know.....maybe, but maybe not either.
So much with chickens is wait and see.

thanks a lot for all answers!

 

[donrae]

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?