Clean legged breed with random feather on shank.

[Cherie1n2]

I have a chicken that is suppose to be a clean legged breed that has two feathers on one of her legs. Is this a common mutation and is it something that I should consider culling herbfrom my breeding program over? She has many very favorable traits and thus far this would be her biggest variation.

 

[Wyandottes7]

Those feathers on the legs are called stubs. They are a disqualification if you are showing birds and tend to be evidence of crossbreeding farther back in the generations. If I had a bird with stubs, I would most likely not breed it.