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I personally did not breed him, but got him from someone whos breeding lines were only partially auto sexing,I took him on as a project bird to learn from, because I was trying to figure out why this person was having auto sexing issues, but I know why now. I chose to keep this boy for his type...

Well,technically even if he is single barred, which I am not completely sure about, he would still produce a percentage of barred and non barred. My intention was to test breed and obviuosly cull,and not breed on with anything that is not properly barred for auto sexing.

BTW my comment wasn't really meant to be critical of lighter bred birds, so much as does their like for them prevent them from being objective, as does anything we prefer, prevent any of us from being objective breeders. Question is, is a really light colored bird, "correct", and the attitudes...

I think us newbies get dismissed on our opinions on color issues, which is wrong. If a newcomer can see the color issues right off the bat, then my feeling is some of the people who have had their heads into the frame of thought that cream is about light colored white washed birds, may be...

His comb and crest started off looking like your last picture. He is about three month old now. I am purposely seeking to breed a richly colored gold Crele line, and personally like a large crest. He also appears to have only a single barring gene, so I only keep a certain percentage of,his...

So are combs that are flopping over due to being at an angle and relative only to the crest? Here is a top shot of the comb on him. Will his comb flop too?[/IMG]

Well,the conundrum here is we want a nice crest and the want to limit a roosters crest for a straight comb. We allow the hen the accomodation on her comb for that crest, why not the rooster then? I have a cockerel with a knockout crest, and of course his comb is not straight, and I will use him...