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The bands visible in those pictures are called EZ Ring elastic leg bands, which I LOVE for chicks, but I've found that they don't work super great for Cochin and Silkie chicks because they're kind of grippy and grab the fluff on their legs when you try to remove them. If you're okay with just...

Crossing him to either hen should roughly answer whether he has one copy or two; if any of the chicks are not white, then he has only one copy of the gene. If they're all white, depending on how many you hatch, then odds are good that he's got two copies. There's always that tiny chance that...

What colors are your Silkie and the Cochin hen? What you have down sounds correct, but knowing the plumage color genes at play will help me double-check. 🙂 Most likely, all of your chicks will have crests smaller than their father's, and depending on if he has one or two copies of the beard...