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I care about good size, structure, and reasonable egg laying abilities. Want dual purpose, as they were meant to be, all around nice birds. Mary

In that case here, he was the only bird of either sex who grew that rose comb! Figures, right? I agree that it's best to only use birds with cushion combs as breeders. And selection for good color in partridge includes having separate breeding lines for males and females, another complication...

A few years ago my best cockerel had a rose comb. After a lot of swearing, I finally sold him to people who had barnyard birds and a nasty RIR rooster, and were delighted to get a nice guy as replacement. Genetics, love it sometimes!!! Mary

I only do the white birds, so no issues with having to deal with color choices. (Thank goodness!) My concerns this early are about obvious defects and size/ weights. And any cockerels with poor attitudes. I agree with @BantyChooks on all counts here. Mary