Polish Roo with butterfly comb?

[Va_Chick]

So, this guy came to me from a local guy who does a lot of chicken swaps/trades. He was 3 weeks when I got him and has been hand raised. Already having Polish, I knew his comb was developing into a strange shape for the breed. He has all the Polish traits aside from the comb. Where could the butterfly comb came from? I am not complaining about his unique comb, just curious.

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

Could you post a full body picture?

 

[Cyprus]

I would suspect he is part Sicilian Buttercup

It is also possible he got a copy of a single comb gene, which, combined with the V comb, would possibly produce that.

 

[ButtonquailGirl14]

I would say he is a mix, full body pics help... X2 @Cyprus

 

[IamRainey]

I would suspect he is part Sicilian Buttercup

Yeah, I thought that trait was specific to Sicilian Buttercups.

 

[IamRainey]

I just had to check combs out. Turns out that Sicilian Buttercups are the only breed that has the butterfly shaped combs. However, Polish chickens have V shaped combs which have a right side and a left side like the butterfly shape but only 1 point on each side.

Here's where I got my information.

 

[MokiYoki]

polish and sicilian buttercups are both V comb. the main difference is that buttercups are bred to have combs that connect very well and to be on the larger size while polish give up comb size to make more space for growing their crest.
basically Im saying he could very well be pure polish, he just has some slight variances in other genes that have pushed his crest back and gave him more room to grow his comb!
ofcourse he could still be a cross its just that his comb type (and crest) is probably genetically correct out of the list of known genes.

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

You have a mixed breed cock. He is part Polish.
A buttercup comb is 2 single combs that are connected at the base and the back.
They are no way related to the Polish, Crevecoeur, or Sultan who have v combs.

 

[Cyprus]

You have a mixed breed cock. He is part Polish.
A buttercup comb is 2 single combs that are connected at the base and the back.
They are no way related to the Polish, Crevecoeur, or Sultan who have v combs.

Yup.
I was going to say that, but I didn't want to argue with anyone

 

[Gray Farms]

He carries single comb genes. I've seen several of these "double bladed" combs from V-comb/single comb mixes.