feathered legs????

[punky rooster]

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they were expensive right

 

[TurtleFeathers]

Will they possibly grow out of them?

We had two serama chicks pop up with feathered legs a while back that we could trace back thru like 4 or 5 generations of nothing but clean legged birds. These chicks were eventually sold as pets, and they grew up with no signs of feathers on their legs.

 

[senrabruk]

here are some pics
I do hope they grow out of it ( it is cute though)
the one in the pics has the mostthe one in the backround does not have as much.

 

[TurtleFeathers]

I would venture to *guess* that they'll eventually lose those little feather sprigs like the seramas I mentioned did. But I've never had d'anvers, so I can't say for sure - but Aubrey is good people and I'm sure he's on the up and up about what he sells.

I'm not so sure about Kathy's coronations tho. Thats a lot of feathers for a supposedly clean legged bird to hatch with, and it looks like at least one of them even has it on their middle toes? But you never know - I'd still grow them out and see what happens. Kathy, have you asked the breeder about this?

 

[kathyinmo]

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Oh yes!

 

[Boggy Bottom Bantams]

hard to tell from the pic, looks like a porcelain. I did just get a new trio in from a guy in Ohio, Think these were where they came from. Got to be, as I have never hatched a feather legged chick in 5 years from my porcelains. Will cull those out and check a batch to see.
Also think they will loose those feathers, not massive amounts like Kathy's showed, plus they obviously didnt have them on hatch day when I shipped them but who knows.
Had a feather legged crevecouer hatch this year from another guy, you never know what a breeder did to their stock til you breed the heck out of them, may only get 1 in a thousand, but eventually it'll show up.
When did you first notice it? Just curious
Will send you a refund for those 2.
Aubrey

 

[senrabruk]

I noticed one the day I got them and the second one about three days later.
they are the porcelains all of them have some sort of feathers on there legs but that is ok they are not bad.
Its those 2 that have have it bad.I still love them!

I am sorry about your stock though

 

[racuda]

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If you look closely, there is a fuzzy row of feathers down the legs of these:

 

[kathyinmo]

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If you look closely, there is a fuzzy row of feathers down the legs of these:

Aawwwww, I think I do see it, too! Thank you.