Welsummer with Feathered Legs

[HorseFeathers]

She's not purebred since we got her from a hatchery, but still... She has feathers coming in down her legs and in between her toes. It is so weird and cute! I really don't care, just wonder if this strange cross-breeding will affect her egg color- we want those dark brown eggs!

Thanks!
-Enviro

 

[gumpsgirl]

Sounds like you got yourself a bantam Welsummer!

 

[flyingmonkeypoop]

That is odd. Being from a hatchery she is probably pure bred but they allowed stubs on the parents legs, then when 2 birds with stubs bred then it could have intensified it and now you have a featherfooted welsummer. If you want to show it, show it as either a BBR langshan or a french welsummer, lol. Do you have pics?

 

[HorseFeathers]

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Actually, she's our biggest chick. not a bantam!

Sorry, but the BYC pic uploading thing says that my JPEG files are not JPEGs. and won't, consequently, let me upload them.

 

[speckledhen]

I think your mom posted the same question in another section. I asked a breeder that question since I also have several with feather stubs on the sides of their legs and between their toe. Apparently, due to their Cochin ancestry, it is a common thing with Welsummers.

 

[HorseFeathers]

Oh, thanks, Cyn. I didn't know mom had asked already. Problem solved!