Question on feathered feet..

[hd_darcy]

I'm just wondering if it means anything when a chicken has a ton of feathers on their feet. Is that a bad thing? I have 4 cochins, and one's feet looks like she can barely walk! The rest of them just look feathered, this one looks crazily feathered

Thanks in advance!

 

[gritsar]

No, other than it tends to make them a bit clumsy as babies.

All of my dark brahmas have heavily feathered feet. My roo used to trip over his as a chick. He finally figured out how to walk with them.

 

[gryeyes]

My most-feather-footed cochin (bantam) just looks so much like she's scooting along in her bedroom slippers. She makes me smile. I have a bantam black cochin, too, but her feet aren't QUITE as fully feathered. The bantam Buff Brahma roo's feathered-on-one-side legs make him look, well.. more rugged. His feet aren't feathered as much as the cochins, and his stance as he bounds around looks more like a dinosaur than a chicken of leisure.

 

[BloominOrchid]

I have a 3 week old hatch of cochins, 14 of them. all the feet have different amounts of feathers. Some of them can run like the wind! they will figure it out. I have my guesses tho I think the boys have more feathers on the feet

 

[pennie1]

Aren't they so darn cute? M&M my 1month old Cochin Bantam cross is just so cute. It doesn't slow her down much. She is into everything.

Looks kinda like she's ice skating

 

[Sugar Sand Farm]

My giant cochin rooster Marshmellow's feet have such long feathers that he has developed his own walk. He walks straight legged just like the Naxis did during WW11. I get a charge out of watching him strut his stuff lol

 

[gritsar]

Quote:
That's how my Thor walks, until he needs to run. Then he throws his legs out to the side and it never fails to remind me...Run Forrest Run!