unknown roosters what breed? please

[ThePolishPrincess]

My brain's fried today. Obviously the feet would have partial feathering if he were a Cochin OR Silkie. Thanks for catching that.

 

[obe10]

wow! look at them! the 1st one has a carnation comb i think. i have no clue what it is though. and the 2nd one is just plain beautiful! i would get them.

 

[DTchickens]

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Not necessarily, leg feathering can either be dominant where it shows, or recessive where it doesn't. And like i said they could be even three way crosses... Breeding back to three quarters non-feathered legs would completely erase the leg feathers. I was basing the silkie off of the head shape, it's just like a silkies, or looks it. Especially if you saw it from the side i believe....

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

The vast majority of foot feathering is caused by the dominant ptilopody genes. I do know that the dominant genes are in silkies and cochins. I believe that both these breeds carry both dominant genes, unlike less heavily foot feathered breeds, who usually carry only one. I dont know which breeds carry the recessive gene.

Yes, crosses are not necessarily pure X pure, but could be the result of mixed X mixed. And that would allow the removal of foot feathering. FWIW, I have a PQ silkie hen with no foot feathers.

Doesn't look like a silkie's head shape to me. And that comb...not a rose comb like I've ever seen. Looks more like buttercup, but not quite that, either. Comb genes can mix to make pretty odd looking combinations.

 

[Chris09]

Going by the second picture that silver and black bird looks to be around 12" tall or so.
( He is around the 3rd run on that 2x4 wire fence. ) If both the silver and black bird and the black bird are around the same size then I would say that black chicken could be
a Polish and Old English Game Bantam cross.

Chris