Feather Foot Bantam questions

[carlye2001]

This little one seems to be having trouble. I have brought "her" into the house for observation. She can perch on my finger, but seems to have difficulty walking, maybe due to how big her foot feathers are. She's amazingly content to sit in my lap and doesn't struggle at all to get away so I'm hoping she's not sick. No other signs/symptoms at all.

Questions:
1. Other than bantam, any guesses as to what she is?
2. Are the huge foot feathers a problem?
3. Do you think she's really a she? Probably about 3 months old.

 

[SkylineFarms]

She is a Porcelain colored Belgian D'uccle.

I have never noticed my D'uccles having difficulty walking because of their foot feathers. However, if you don't intend on showing her, I would trim them and see if that helps her any.

Yes, she is a pullet. I have a batch of D'uccle roosters that are around that age and they have much larger combs. Here is a picture of them for comparison. I believe they are 13 weeks old.

 

[carlye2001]

Here's a picture of her foot.