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I respectfully have to disagree with this. I rec'd my Cream Legbars direct from Greenfire Farm but they do not have crests (only very few head feathers that I wouldn't call crests) That does not make them "not Cream Legbars" it only makes them not "show quality" Cream Legbars once we have a standard that defines what "show quality" is going to be. When I sell their eggs I do disclose that they do not have crests but they are still pure Cream Legbars.In regards to a person having CL's without a crest, and then having to be informed it's not up to standard and isn't a Cream Legbar... Well, the UK had it right at the start when they called the Crested Cream Legbars...
I hate to pick on the Ameraucana club again, but they have had quite a bit of uproar/division over one faction calling anything not one of the recognized colors 'Easter Eggers' even if they are genetically and by pedigree ancestry, pure Ameraucanas. Personally I'd rather avoid that sort of nonsense. It doesn't accomplish anything but to annoy people, particularly since breeding those non-recognized birds to recognized birds often produce offspring that could be classified as "recognized."
I am in the process of acquiring crested stock, but I am going to maintain my non-crested stock for crossing as long as they carry on the excellent egg production they've displayed thus far i.e. earlier and longer egg laying along with high fertility.
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