I was gifted two absolutely adorable muffed chinese owls from a pigeon mentor this previous weekend at a pigeon show. I got a dun hen and a black spread cock. The hen has more feathers on her feet than the cock but I'm not certain of the age nor if they just need to grow in from molting so I dont want to judge him too harshly yet.
Now heres where my question arises. To my understanding, Muffs on their feet mean a large "poof" of feathers on the feet like in a Russian Tumbler, right?
To my understanding, there are two genetics controlling the feathering of feet on pigeons, "Slipper" and "Grouse" and when combined that makes muffs. Is that correct?
Would anybody be able to help me out if I supplied some pictures of my new pair to determine is they have muffs, slippers, grouse, etc?
Now heres where my question arises. To my understanding, Muffs on their feet mean a large "poof" of feathers on the feet like in a Russian Tumbler, right?
To my understanding, there are two genetics controlling the feathering of feet on pigeons, "Slipper" and "Grouse" and when combined that makes muffs. Is that correct?
Would anybody be able to help me out if I supplied some pictures of my new pair to determine is they have muffs, slippers, grouse, etc?
That's an interesting question. If no one answers you I'm gonna have to consult 'the google'! 
Or at least thats one standard, theres also muffed chinese owls though (if you know chickens its kinda like rosecomb leghorns and single comb leghorns) and I've seen the link before, the titles a bit farfetched but the information is fairly similar to that of the univserity of utah's information 
