Thanks NotAFarm! That's great to know, I do really like the goofiness of the crests! The lady I bought them from had some names for the colors, but I've never heard them used elsewhere so I wasn't sure. I think color genetics are pretty fun, but I'm kind of dorky like that! This is a picture she took of the cockerel she calls a "blue birchen." Would he be considered partially "blue?" I like the color regardless, they come in such fun colors.and to the Icelandic thread!! My two original hens didn't have crests but my two roosters did (...not huge ones at that) and I hatched crested, and uncrested, chicks from them. There is no color chart specifically for Icelandics that I know of since they have not been bred to any standard. There are terms that people who breed to the Standard of Perfection use and those into genetics use. I am still trying to "wrap my head around" how they apply to my Icelandic flock. Your light colored hen looks like a couple of mine. I look forward to more pictures when you get a chance to take them!
Yes, I would say you will have a good chance of getting blues from him. When he gets older, he may look something like this...but with darker saddle feathers and hackles may not be as light. The blue breast with the gold wing bow is very striking on them.
Because Icelandic are such a genetic mix, they will often show parts of the different "colors" but every once and awhile, you will get one that has the "classic color" that breeders seek. I had this nice example of a silver with no leakage hatch the same time as the cockerel above.
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