Ear lobe color

[Guest]

I have never had anyone ask me before what color earlobes are on the Ameraucanas, until today.

I would assume they should be red, however, they tend to be a pale pinky or skin color hue, almost with a whitish irredescence to them. Course, most of mine are molting pretty bad at the moment so skin color is a bit on the pale side. What color are they supposed to be? All my stock has come from ABC breeders so would assume this is normal.

[Mike Gilbert]

Males\' earlobes should be 100 % red.  Females\' should be  skin color most of the time.   Some females\' may be red, and that\'s OK, but most often is not.   Avoid enamel white lobes in both sexes.

[Guest]

okay thanks, I have Dutch bantams with enamel white and it is certainly not that.