Chickens have a "tell" when it comes to egg color. What part of a chicken's body can you refer to if you want to know if she'll lay a brown or a white egg?

A chicken's earlobes will either be red or white; red-ear lobed chickens lay brown eggs and white-ear lobed chickens lay white eggs. This is because white earlobes are caused by a pigment called a purine, while red ones are due to pigments in the blood that can be found in the tissues of the chicken. These same pigments make their way to the eggs.

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