Roast my rooster - Cream Legbar

[AusHen]

Posting for my 11yo son. He's been wanting to breed Cream Legbars for some time and after searching for decent looking started/mature birds I threw in the towel, but he decided to use a little of his pocket money and picked up this 9 month old for now to go in with his blue/green/olive layers as he prefers single combs where as I go towards pea comb and his sisters lay nice blue eggs.
Anyway he has asked for opinions or as he says "roasts" on the boy so we can learn a little about their colouring and everything wrong with him. I have tried looking at photos and reading about their genetics but for a mainly lavender and BBS breeder myself I just keep getting a headache!
We do know this boy is lacking a crest, his tail sits too high (not always as high as the photo) and his colouring is???? I'm not sure if all that colour is because of autosomal red, if it's because he's gold instead of cream or both?
My son will eventually get his breeding CL but I think I might find a recommended breeder in my area and go for eggs/chicks .
PS anyone have any photos of "ideal" roosters and hens of cream legbars that I can use as reference when looking at breeding stock for his future birds

 

[Amer]

He seems to have the cream gene so I guess he has extra red.
I think you two have noticed all of his major flaws already so you’re on the the right track. Just look at the proposed standard on the Legbar club website.

 

[drangle]

does he have a very small crest or none at all? if no cresting i would wonder if he was pure.

 

[ShaunJ421]

Here's a few pictures of my Crested Cream Legbar pullet. I got her from Meyers. She hatched on August 28th, 2022.

 

[AusHen]

After producing chicks we have confirmed he is heterozygous for the crest gene since many of his chicks from non crested hens have been crested. Looking it him he doesn't really have a crest, just a few odd feathers behind his comb