All Cream Legbars do not have crests. The crested gene is a dominant gene so only one copy is required for the crest to show up. When a rooster with one crested gene and a hen with one crested gene mate, there will be offspring that do not get the crested gene. I currently have a Cream Legbar rooster that does not have a crest.
If you read this whole thread, you will see that there are many crosses that can make sex link chicks.
Well maybe you have time to read near 3,200 posts but I don’t. Which is why I posted the question in the first place.
All of the Cream Legbar breeders I’ve talked to are of the opinion that they should have crests as the British standard calls for it.
What they should have and what they can have are not necessarily the same thing.
Are these all the same breed? The sapphire/leghorn? Or are they some of each. I just bought some chicks that are supposed to be legbar over leghorns. But the chicks are so different! 2 and black and barred with light dots and 2 are a yellow with light spotting similar but not quite the same as yours here. Are they the same birds? Does it let you know the gender as the legbar is auto sexing?Rose Comb Brown Leghorn/Legbar crosses
Sapphires (White Leghorn/Legbar cross)
Sapphire/Legbar cross
Each image has only what the wording above the image says. The first image is of chicks from Rose Comb Leghorn hens crossed with a Cream Legbar rooster. The second image is of Sapphires which are an F1 hybrid created by crossing White Leghorn hens with a Cream Legbar rooster. The third image are from Sapphire hens crossed with a Cream Legbar rooster.
