Thank you ashandvine. She is adorable and very colourful.I have also read you can 'tie up' their do. I imagine they'd look a bit like Pebbles.
Aoxa, Skittles is just to die for. I am not an SOP judge but she really fits the bill as far as I can see. Let her grow before you stress out over her mottling. She should develop over the next two years.
My hopes for Houdans are just about dead. The hatch I had hoped for out of AU looks like maybe four Favorelles. One Houdan is a slim possibility. Back to square one. I think Elias hit it on the head when he said that the heatwave affected fertility. Really really sucks for me though. My son has luckily been distracted by school restarting and a new Orp rooster. Once again HE gets what he wants that I DIDNT (he also got a turkey this year the little worm)
Not the brightest, but I can live with that!