Luxurious, abundant with feathers, tight upright standing, bridges the entire width of the back part of the head and finishes in rosettes on the sides. The crest blends into a mane. Relatively large, magpies have bull eyes, whites either bull or pearl. Magpies also as blue chequer, self also as white. All colours clear, intense and rich.
Almonds have on a cream to yellow-almond ground colour speckles in different colours.
Primary flights and tall are cream coloured with white and black speckles. The marking darkens when the bird gets older, Cocks always show more marking than hens. Magpie marking with white head and back. The coloured shoulder marking looks like a heart when seen from above. All separations clean cut.