How does this hen look compared to the Delaware SOP?

[SweetieChicken234]

How does her shape look? Colors? She has more white legs instead of yellow unfortunately.

 

[Amer]

Typewise (meaning shape) she's not bad though I can't tell without handling her whether she has decent body or if it's all feathers, however, her main tail feathers should have a lot more black.

 

[SweetieChicken234]

Typewise (meaning shape) she's not bad though I can't tell without handling her whether she has decent body or if it's all feathers, however, her main tail feathers should have a lot more black.

She is a nice weight, less fluff. Her mom has the white legs and dad has yellow legs. Why did she get the white legs?

 

[Amer]

She clearly has the yellow skin gene as I can see from her yellow beak. Egg production uses the yellow pigments in a hen's body and puts them into her egg yolks. Increasing the xanthophylls in her diet will help keep them yellow for longer (and keep her beak from fading as well) but can't completely prevent her pigment from fading. Faded legs are a sign of a good layer. When she molts and stops laying for a time some of that pigment will probably come back.

 

[Amer]

The American Standard of Perfection doesn't cut for faded legs on a female as long as it is clear she still has the yellow skin gene. (A pale yellow rather than pink.)