this is not the first time I post this male on this very thread... Source:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...oup-standard-of-perfection/2280#post_12524427
the male is a Sulmtaler a breed from Austria and green Fire Farms have them
http://greenfirefarms.com/store/category/chickens/sulmtaler
the purpose of the Pic was to show that with a moderate sized comb and creast one can have a good looking bird... and this male looks just like a Cream Creasted Legbar should look without barring...
Forgive me, I simply cannot keep track of all of the photos posted by everyone on a thread that is 247 pages long and I appreciate the labeling on every photo. It will also help those that are dropping in that have not read all of the posts. Thank you.
Your point that you can have a straight comb and a crest all in the same rooster, is well taken. I suspect some of the problem comes from Cream Legbars being derived from the Leghorn which has a very large comb to begin with. I Googled the Sulmtaler (a landrace breed from Austria that has had infusions of Dorking, Houdan and Cochin) and their combs seem overall smaller than the CL and I think more importantly the blade diverges away from the skull instead of following the line of back of the neck, without touching as is the case in the cream Legbar.
Here is the Cream Legbar male proposed SOP
http://www.creamlegbarclub.com/29-draft-standard-of-perfection-revision-2 :
Comb: Single; large, fine in texture, straight and upright, deeply and evenly serrated with six distinct points, extending well over the back of the head and following, without touching, the line of the head, free from side spikes, thumb-marks or twists.
Here is what the Sulmtaler Club
http://www.sulmtalerusa.com/breed.html has to say about the comb: (Netherlands)
Comb: Single, moderately large, upright, evenly serrated with 4-6 points (not too deep). Hens have a small fold in the front of the comb, this can cause the front of the comb to be not entirely tight. (American version) Comb: simple,
medium size, uniform with four to six points not to deeply cut;
blade rising slightly. Female Comb: Single, medium sized, evenly serrated, pronounced s-shape in the front.
So looking at the breed standards as written, the Cream Legbar and the Sulmtaler, though both crested single combed birds, are very different. The standard for the Sulmtaler, by having the blade rising upward and having it be of medium size (note that the Americans have changed the wording from the Netherlands to make the comb medium instead of medium large) is avoiding the problem created by a large comb that is required to follow the line of the head.
