I got a pair of carlisle oegs last Friday and unfortunately the hen died on the journey from England to Ireland. but the cockerel is a sight to behold!
A oxford has a more upright and sporty look to them, and the way to tell a oxford from a carlisle is the angle of their back and the angle of their wing. A carlisle is more of a exhibition bird and they're backs are horizontal and they're wings go horizontally. Where as a oxfords back goes at...
I have a pair of large carlisles at my grandpas in England, I should get them in June! When I get them I'm going to put a sumatra hen in with the carlisle cockerel and see if i can breed some oxford type oegs. Here's a picture of the cockerel.