Earlobes turning from white to pink/ red

[cme.schub]

Hi guys! I am relatively new to chicken raising and I have a question about one of my chickens. I have a 13 week old barred rock (likely not pure bred). Her earlobes were white when she was younger and now they are turning pink/red. Is this normal? Could it be infected? (We did recently combine our flock with a rooster, so not sure if he has picked on anyone).
Also, we think it is a pullet, but if you see more cockerel traits let me know.
The first picture is of her white lobes at 8.5 weeks

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

It is sexually maturing so they begin to get more red in the face as a visual cue to other chickens it's completely normal in both sexes. I think it's a pullet, but not 100% sure.

 

[aart]

Yep, the skin of the earlobes, face, combs all get redder as bird matures.
Most males will 'redden up' at about 5-6 weeks.
Females start to gain color in that skin slower and later,
they really redden up when they are ready to lay.

Agrees that bird is a female,
it would have much larger and redder comb/wattles at 13 weeks if it was a male.

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

Looks like a nice pullet. Are the legs always that vibrant yellow in barred rocks?

 

[Frazzemrat1]

Looks like a nice pullet. Are the legs always that vibrant yellow in barred rocks?

No, and the pullets are darker. The pullet BRs tend to have a 'black wash' on their legs. It essentially looks like a yellow leg with a light coat of black down the leg and upper foot.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Looks like a nice pullet. Are the legs always that vibrant yellow in barred rocks?

I don't think it's a purebred, the OP mentioned that. The legs are more yellow than they would be for a barred rock.

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

Didn’t see the pure bred part.

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

What breed has those vibrant yellow legs though? It looks like someone used a highlighter on her legs.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

What breed has those vibrant yellow legs though? It looks like someone used a highlighter on her legs.

My buff chantecler have very yellow legs like that.

 

[Ridgerunner]

What breed has those vibrant yellow legs though? It looks like someone used a highlighter on her legs.

You can go through Henderson’s Breed Chart to see what breeds should have yellow skin and legs. Exactly how yellow will depend some on how much attention the breeder pays attention to it and some on other things. Chickens with black feathers often have black pigment on the legs. Often does not mean always but you often see black on the legs if they have black feathers. Another thing is that yellow skinned pullets and hens use some yellow pigment from their skin to help color the yolks. That yellow is removed from different areas of her body in a certain order. How many eggs she is laying will affect how fast that yellow disappears. If you have a yellow skinned pullet or hen one way to tell how many eggs she is laying is to look at the color of her legs. If she is at the end of her laying cycle and still has yellow eggs she is not a top producer. If her legs are pretty white she has probably laid a lot of eggs for you.

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