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Okay, thanks for all the opinions and advice. I brought all the boys and 2 of the girls in tonight for a photo shoot, and after studying the pics, I think IF I keep one I'll keep the second one. He's definitely got the nicest shape, and his vulture hocks don't really show. He's been handled...

Thanks NY, I understand they're not marvelous, but they're what I've got. Which of the two would you go with? Please someone answer that question. I really did promise DH yesterday that I wouldn't get more chicks this spring.

Still wondering about this little cockerel in my original post. I am aware that he's not a perfect specimen, and will never be show quality. I'm okay with that. I appreciate all of you with nicer quality birds chiming in, but your answers aren't exactly what I'm looking for. I pretty much...

I live nowhere near any shows. I'm in the middle of nowhere. I am sure I'll never show because of that. The only "show" we have here is the county fair, and our judge seems to know nothing about chickens - I've seen mis-labeled birds and crossbreeds win best of show. That is my only...

Out of my 5 Ideal bantam cochins (10 weeks old), this is the one I think I'm going to keep. The other 4 have really big vulture hocks, and this one doesn't seem to have any. I don't think his comb is really great, but I'm thinking that a comb would be easier to work on than breeding vulture...