Developing My Own Breed Of Large Gamefowl For Free Range Survival (Junglefowl x Liege)

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I was thinking I had read they were more common in meat breeds than straight layers, but wasn't sure I hadn't mixed it up. Thanks for the info, Bullfrog!
 
That might explain why all the Cornish cross broilers have them. Probably from the Cornish side of their gene pool.
Might be the hatchery they come from. I had a few CX from townline hatchery I bought at Big r. I skinned them and didn't see any wing claws, one I kept for breeding. Most of my flock is out of her, and I haven't seen any wing claws in the cockerels I harvested.
 
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Updated pics of Indo. I have a picture of him up in the 2023 Calendar contest. He's still got a lot of maturing to do and yet he already impresses me.

As to the Liege project, I've let Indo breed back to his Liege mother and aunt and I have 22 eggs from those pairing set in the incubator. Although he's still just a bull stag, they're fully mature hens at or near 2 years old. I'm hoping for several healthy chicks that will do well, where the initial crossing of Aseel to Liege only netted me 2 adult birds out of nearly 2 dozen chicks produced.

The large Cracker project is advancing more slowly. The Cracker x "Blueface" stag is doing well free range. I have several Cracker x Blueface chicks coming up from Hei Hei and the second Blueface hen, where the stag is of Number 1 and the blue-egg-laying "Blueface" hen. I do find it interesting, coincidence or not, that the hen that lays the blue eggs actually has a blue face and she had imparted that to the stag. Not a good pic of the stag, his feathers are blowing in the wind. But it shows the blueish tint his face has.

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I did lose one of the Cracker x American cross chicks to a snake this past week:

God! Indo is a beauty
 

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