Sapphire Olive Egger tuft

[olilandy]

Curious why one of my chicks has a tuft and one doesn’t

 

[JacinLarkwell]

It's a crest. Tufts are a specific organ that araucanas have on their ears.

It just depends on what breeds were used to make them. That one likely has legbar in its background

 

[EggSighted4Life]

That's known as a crest. Tufts are at the ear lob section just above where muffs would be on a bearded bird.

Olive Eggers are hybrids and variations being seen are the norm not the exception..

Crest *possibly* from some Cream Legbar in the background for the blue egg gene.

I love the blue feathering!

 

[olilandy]

It's a crest. Tufts are a specific organ that araucanas have on their ears.

It just depends on what breeds were used to make them. That one likely has legbar in its background

Thanks for clarifying!

 

[olilandy]

That's known as a crest. Tufts are at the ear lob section just above where muffs would be on a bearded bird.

Olive Eggers are hybrids and variations being seen are the norm not the exception..

Crest *possibly* from some Cream Legbar in the background for the blue egg gene.

I love the blue feathering!

Thank you! That makes sense as to their coloring being slightly different as well. We bought them together so we assumed they had the same background.