Aw, thank you so much Laura, and everyone else, for your nice comments! I love working with these breeds. The cochins are sweet as can be, and I am a sucker for their fluffy feet and butts. The calico project has been fascinating for me - my first foray into genetics. The Japanese bantams are so elegant, I love watching them. And the Olandsk Dwarfs are exciting since this is such a new breed in the US. It is a landrace bird, which means that it is a bird that developed through natural selection and adaptation over centuries, with minimal intervention by humans. There is no SOP for the dwarfs, and there are subtle differences in coloration in the birds, most noticeably they can have either yellow or white legs. I plan to continue to breed for vigor and resistance to disease, rather than for any particular aesthetic features.
Anyway, here are some pictures of the adults of the breeds that I am working with
Bantam calico cochin (project) - roo
Bantam calico cochin (project) - hen
They are all beautiful, but these two... I'm in love! 
That rooster is gorgeous and would entice even me to put up with some crowing! 
Didn't know that about "landrace." Learn something new every time I log on! Thanks for sharing!
A mind is like a door. Keep it open and something might get in.
A mind is like a door. Keep it open and something might get in.
