What am I?

[ChickenDal]

My wife bought these two home from an auction.any ideas??

 

[BantamLover55]

I believe that those are Dark Cornish bantams.

- BantamLover55

 

[ChickenDal]

They have feathers starting to grow on their legs.i no nothing about Cornish!!thanks Bantamlover55!

 

[BantamLover55]

Leg feathers, hmm...

Maybe a Cornish mix? Cornish are not supposed to have leg feathers.

 

[kari_dawn]

well, the guy in front is definitely a rooster...can you try to get some better pics of each bird individually?

 

[BantamLover55]

well, the guy in front is definitely a rooster...can you try to get some better pics of each bird individually?

I agree!

 

[ChickenDal]

I'll get some better pics today.yeah he crows already! They were in a wood crate and auctioned off as marans.when we opened the crate we knew better but for $5 who cares!

 

[Wyandottes7]

They look like Dark Cornish bantams or mixes of Dark Cornish. Some clean legged birds will develop small feathers on their legs (called "stubs"). It is usually a sign of poor breeding, or interbreeding clean legged breeds with feather legged breeds. I'm not seeing any characteristics of Maran's, except for the small feathers.

 

[BantamLover21]

They look like Dark Cornish bantams to me, too. Wyandottes7 is right that the feathers you see growing are probably "stubs." That would disqualify them at a poultry show, but doesn't necessarily mean they aren't really Dark Cornish.