Mystery chick with crest- legbar?

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This id NOT a cream Legbar. He looks very close to a legbar. She has the 1) crest, the 2) eye liner, 3) the barring, and 4) the yellow legs, but there are a few things that are off.

1) She has some type of pheomelanin color modifier (mahogany?, dark brown?, Chocolate?, Other). The brest is supposed to be a salmon color and this pullet has a chocolate colored breast. That Chocolate color is also in the wings, the tail and in the eye liner. NOT a legbar.
2) Yes, there is a tinny crest on this pullet, but it is NOT a complete crest. The cresting gene is dominant so if a crested breed is crossed with another 100% of the offspring will come out with a crest. They however will only carry one crestting gene and their crest will NOT be like the crest of the parent with the crest. It will be much thinner and smaller. This pullet does NOT have a full crest. In this photo it looks like there are just two feathers sticking up. A complete crest was cover the whole head, not just two feathers. This bird is split from the cresting gene. This is is a cross.

I am guessing this is a Legbar Cross. Possibly a cross with a Wellsummer. The Wellsummers crosses are quite dark. There may be some photos of a Legbar x Wellsummer on the Cream Legbar Hybrid thread. Several people used that cross for their Oliver Egger projects.

Thanks for the detailed analysis! It’s helpful to me when people point out exactly what characteristics they are seeing that makes them think one way or another. Consensus with this chick is an Olive egger (Meyer uses both cream legbars and wellsummers in their breeding program) so I will be excited to post an update when she lays!

 

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Personality wise and baby looks wise she looks like my olive egger