Is Earlobe Colour a Myth?

For many years, poultry farmers have believed that the earlobe colour in hens is directly related to the egg colour they will lay. As time passed, this has been a topic of debate. Earlobe colours can range from white to brown to red and even blue or blue-green. For examples, many Silkies have blue ear lobes but do not lay blue eggs. Current chicken breeders seem to have little faith in this old myth but continue to hope when they see a coloured earlobe that the future egg will have a spectacular hue.  Unfortunately for us, our blue earlobes fowl, Blue, lays cream-light brown coloured eggs.