The Welsummers are easy, any with red breasts and gold on the back of their necks are females. Welsummer roosters will have a black breast and tail. I see 2 males above total so far.
The Sultan Bantam I had turned into a nightmare meanie toward peopl and was difficult to remove because the breed was too exotic. If he gets along with your Cochin and they're raised together from chicks, it shouldn't be an issue.
People made up standards for what is or isn't desirable in a breed. In reality, any "breed" can be bred to be any pattern. A breed is more of silhouette/shape that produces a consistent size/shape/color of offspring which is done through a form of inbreeding called line breeding. Line breeding...
Yes, this statement is correct. Not all Hatchery Mille Fleur D'uccles have beards or muffs. Some literally market them as "booted bantams" instead. Even without a beard, this breed is incredibly easy to tame and are friendly little bird who.are likely to go broody within a couple springs 🙂