You're both welcome, always good to be able to help.
I reckon feather-legged ducks would be mighty popular if someone managed to establish a breed of them. I think that like with Silkies, and feather-footed pigeons, doubtless there would have been many generations of 'duds' and defectives before it became a trait with no negative associations, so even if it does have any harmful links it's not necessarily the end of the road.
I don't know of any proven harmful genes linked with this trait but most things considered a serious defect generally have some good though often forgotten reason behind it... Like leg scaling being straight in chickens, many people no longer even know about that old 'rule' never mind why it became a rule, these days you see birds claimed to be great genetically which have twisted leg scaling.
Best wishes.
I reckon feather-legged ducks would be mighty popular if someone managed to establish a breed of them. I think that like with Silkies, and feather-footed pigeons, doubtless there would have been many generations of 'duds' and defectives before it became a trait with no negative associations, so even if it does have any harmful links it's not necessarily the end of the road.
I don't know of any proven harmful genes linked with this trait but most things considered a serious defect generally have some good though often forgotten reason behind it... Like leg scaling being straight in chickens, many people no longer even know about that old 'rule' never mind why it became a rule, these days you see birds claimed to be great genetically which have twisted leg scaling.
Best wishes.
