Bantam Cochins - which roo to keep?

[TxChickieFan]

Hi, all. I find color genetics fascinating and yet mostly still incomprehensible, so I'm hoping you guys can give me some advice on which cockerel to keep to have some fun with a mixed-color bantam Cochin pen.

We have the following pullets:
1 barred
1 buff
1 red
1 silver-laced
1 red frizzle

We've narrowed our cockerel options to these:
Barred
Red
Black-laced red

Which of those cockerels would give us the most interesting chicks? And why? (I'd like to learn as much as possible about color genetics from this little project.)

Thanks in advance for all advice and opinions!

 

[chickenlittle21]

Most interesting? Frizzle

 

[HappyClucker7]

I would keep the black laced red. I think that might make some cool patterns.

 

[TxChickieFan]

Thanks! That's where I was leaning. I've been looking through other threads today to find similar questions/answers and found this website mentioned a few times:
http://kippenjungle.nl/Overzicht.htm#kipcalculator
I may or may not be using it correctly, lol, but if I
am, the laced cockerel looks like the most interesting option.

 

[Painted Calls]

@The Moonshiner

 

[AngelaY]

Can we see pictures of the roos?

 

[TxChickieFan]

Here's a group shot of some of them, including 2 of the cockerels. It's from 7/10, so they're almost two months older now. I don't have better recent pics, but can get some this weekend.

 

[TxChickieFan]

The barred ones really aren't evil--that's just the flash reflecting in their eyes!

 

[Painted Calls]

Going strictly off of combs, the laced boy is the nicer one.

 

[AngelaY]

Wow they're gorgeous! I love that little buff one, SHE'S SO FLUFFY! I wonder if you bred the buff one with the red roo would it make orange Cochins? Or just some buff and some red...