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He's probably American game, Old english large fowl are here in the US but they're few in numbers. American games aren't recognized by the APA yet because they have so many variations (IE, families can come pea, and straight comb, yellow and white legs or green, blue, and a mixture of all depending on what is in their bloodline and how closely they're bred to breed true to that and only that etc). Not sure on the leg color standard for Large fowl old english, i know the bantams can only have white or they're impure, i would expect the large fowl to be the same.
That's not true, bbs old english bantams are supposed to have slate or black legs
I mean the light varieties, such as Wheatens, Buffs, Whites, Silvers (goldens), BBreds, etc etc. Dark varieties such as blacks, Blues, and their crosses are the only ones that may have dark legs because dark birds usually have dark legs no matter what breed.
About the only varieties that aren't dark and have dark legs would be Ginger reds, Reds, black tailed reds, Quail, Mille fluer (porcelain), Red quill, Silver Quill, Silver Laced, Golden Laced, Buff Laced, and Opal. All the others are white legged for general rule, and there may be other birds too that have dark legs, but they're probably being developed and aren't yet recognized. (Even some of those aren't, like the laced varieties and Opals for sure, and the opals came from black birds). The main reason for many of these varieties possessing slate legs is due to the out-cross to other breeds.
