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It's a little difficult to see everything - can't see their feet, but what I can see looks pretty good for the most part. I like the general "look" of both birds. I'm going to assume that the roo is molting and has lost his tail. That is what my roo looks like during a molt. They usually drop their entire tail or at least almost all of it. Your hen is very pretty and carries herself really well. Since I can't see their feet I can't see boots. Some of the way the booting looks is personal taste I think. I've seen birds with really long feathers on their feet, almost as long as primary wing feathers. I personally don't like that - my own roos foot feathering is longer than I like, but this is a trait I a breeding for and not something you can fault your birds for.
I wonder who debeaked them. I know there is no law against it, but it feels like there should be, particularly with the bantams and fancy chickens (non-production chickens) I just don't get it. I'm having a problem with my hens "over grooming" the roo. They've pulled his beard out and some down his neck, but I'm sure not going to cut their beaks off for it. I see it as a problem for me to solve, not something to torture them over. Lazy people............
Sorry your birds got mutilated.
Yeah, I think he's gone through his molt, he's got beautiful black/green saddle feathers growing out now. He's a lil' edgy so my hopes of taking him out to allow for better pic's is just not a posibility right now (still getting used to his new surroundings). He still freaks out when I stick my hand in the cage. Both of the Mille's were breeder birds that Ugly Ducky had purchased (they had already been de'beaked when she got them) I am just super thankful that she offered them to us because, they (to me) are beautiful specimens of the breed!!
She was such a sweetheart. But the boys have great combs and coloring, one doesn't have the best shoulder feathering, so I'll probably sell him this fall to make room for his progeny. I wish they had a few more feathers on their middle toes, but you know with free ranging those toe feathers don't have much of a chance. I haven't seen her advertise any d'uccle eggs for a while, which is probably good, since I promised my husband 'no more hatches' this year
