No she really didn’t, nor did my other one - just a light lacing. They both had light feathered feet, but the feathers fell out and never grew back lol.
ah, yes I can see what you mean there. I guess mine has light barring, but it always just looked like lacing to me. Here is one of them last year, the lighting is not good but it’s the best I have right now.
From what I understand, a blue cuckoo marans female will not have the bars, but a male will. (that sounds weird to me since "cuckoo" is a pattern) I have two of them from Ideal Poultry and both of my girls are big girls lol, so don't worry about the size. And they are solid blue.