Bantam breed help please

This is a hen. She was pinned with two males which is why her head is bald I believe.
 

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Clean legged hen. We were told it was a blue old English game bantam.
 

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This hen has feathered feet. The feathered footed hens lay green eggs we were told. There is a picture of eggs we collected with a white one in the middle. Her tail is pointing downward with a hump on her rump. I brought her inside and gave some baked egg shell which she happily pecked at. I also reached through her legs from behind and ran my fingers from breast bone to tail several times. I couldn't feel any abnormalities and she didn't not show signs of distress. She is eating, drinking, and walking around fine. Could this be how she is? I'm not sure of age or if she has laid an egg. I've never had an egg bound hen so I have no hands on experience with the matter.
 

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Any idea what they may be mixed with?
If you look through the "bantam" section of online hatcheries, you will find many breeds that could be in the mix.

At a guess, for the chickens you showed, they might include various amounts of Easter Egger, Cochin, Sebright, Old English Game, d'Anvers, and maybe Silkie. Of course plenty of other breeds could be involved as well.
 
Feather legged (reportedly a green egg layer). Including a picture of eggs collected with white egg in middle.
 

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Clean legged roo. We were told it was a blue old English game bantam.
 

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Feather legged roo. We were told it was a blue cochin bantam.
 

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Feather footed roo with waddles and single comb (looks to be damaged from frost bite? ). We were told it was a white cochin bantam.
Clean legged hen. We were told it was a blue old English game bantam.
Clean legged roo. We were told it was a blue old English game bantam.
Feather legged roo. We were told it was a blue cochin bantam.
All of those look right for the breeds you were told.

Some of the others are pretty obviously mixes of some sort. The breeds you have could also be involved in the mixes.
 

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