Dont get me wrong, I'm fine with my Caroline. The Lt. Brahma has more leg feathering than Caroline does, but still not as much as she should. Anyway, I'm not breeding them so no problem for me. Actually, I'm not a big fan of feather legged birds so her lack of it is just peachy by me.
You got the Ideal Special-bad breed examples. I, too, have a Buff Brahma from Ideal and she barely has any leg feathers at all. She is 28 weeks old. They should have leg feathering from the beginning.