Any thoughts?

[Melly-Mae]

This girl is now 19 weeks old and was bought from the feed store as a barnevelder pullet. She's always seemed lacking in the color dept to me, but also has a smokey overlay on her yellow legs. You can definitely still see the yellow showing through it though. Could it be that she is mixed or simply a poorly bred pullet as far as the breed standard goes?

 

[SilkieChicken123]

This girl is now 19 weeks old and was bought from the feed store as a barnevelder pullet. She's always seemed lacking in the color dept to me, but also has a smokey overlay on her yellow legs. You can definitely still see the yellow showing through it though. Could it be that she is mixed or simply a poorly bred pullet as far as the breed standard goes?

She looks like she's just poorly bred. Her coloring may be just taking longer to come in 100% as well.

 

[TheOddOneOut]

19 weeks?
She looks much younger.
And she is a barnevelder.
Is she living indoors full-time?

 

[Melly-Mae]

I went back and counted on my calendar 4 times because I thought there was no way she was that old, but that what I came to. I brought her in this morning as her pen mate was lost last night. But no, she's not normally in the house lol. It's the leg color normal for a Barnie?

 

[TheOddOneOut]

I went back and counted on my calendar 4 times because I thought there was no way she was that old, but that what I came to. I brought her in this morning as her pen mate was lost last night. But no, she's not normally in the house lol. It's the leg color normal for a Barnie?

She’s a Barnie.
Is she unusually small?

 

[Melly-Mae]

Not terribly. I'll step back and take a pic for better size reference.

 

[Melly-Mae]

My bulldog loves her lol

 

[EmmaRainboe]

She’s a barnevelder. Just poorly bred in regards to the SOP. Hatchery birds usually are.

 

[Melly-Mae]

Thank you all! I appreciate your feedback!