Breed confirmation

[naught]

I believe these are two Cream Legbar Cockerels, yes? And what's up with their S-shaped combs?

 

[A_Fowl_Guy]

Cockerels

 

[Chick-N-Fun]

2 handsome cockerels!

 

[nchls school]

Yes, both are cockerels

 

[Crazy for Chickens!]

Cockerels.
I don't know what's up with their combs, but a lot of birds's combs do that.

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

They are Legbar cockerels. The crest on Legbars tends to screw up the comb.

 

[drumstick diva]

Cockerels. I think they slept with their heads pushed into their pillows. Sure makes a mess out of my eyebrows.

 

[Alexandra33]

Handsome Cream Legbar men. Making some of us jealous with those perfect hairdos!

~Alex

 

[GaryDean26]

They are Legbar cockerels. The crest on Legbars tends to screw up the comb.

This is correct. The S-shaped comb is often refereed to as a wickel comb. It is considered a defect for the legbar breed since the Breed standard is for an erect comb with no s-shape to it. The erect combs are very difficult to breed for but very important in SOP breeding. The strategy that I recommend for breeding Legbar is to only breed cockerel that come from hens that came from sires with an erect comb. When that is followed you should be able to get pullets that have the comb gracefully folder to one side and cockerels with straight combs. If you don't have any cockerels to meet those requirements then breed hens with as small and as erect a comb as possible. That should produce some cockerels with straight combs and you can follow the rules above to breed out the s-shape.