BCM cockerels should have NO copper on the chest, so all other things being somewhat equal I would keep the one with less copper. The only other DQ that would change that for me is comb sprigs; everything else they are too young to tell yet how they are going to turn out. Silly boy...crowing at 9 weeks. I'll have 3 cockerels that age in another week and I can't imagine them crowing, lol.
(Er, I'm no pro either...just my opinion.)
Actually the standard does allow for copper spots in the breast.
The French Standard allow up to 10% of the breast to be copper, the APA standard (See Below) calls for "a few spots". I like a solid back breast too but my culling regiments allows for some copper on the breast. The copper spots I seen in juveniles often disappears completely when the cockerel goes through an adult molt.
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Standard of Perfection
MALE
Comb, Face, Wattles, & Ear-Lobes: Bright red.
Beak: Horn, black shading permitted.
Eyes: Reddish bay.
Head: Lustrous deep copper, neither yellow nor mahogany.
Neck- Hackle : Lustrous deep copper, neither yellow nor mahogany.
Some feathers, especially in the lower hackle, may include
a narrow dark stripe through the middle of each feather
terminating in a point near its lower extremity.
Front of neck : Black with markings of deep copper.
Back: Lustrous deep copper.
Saddle : Same as hackle.
Tail— Main Tail :Black with slight luster.
Sickles and Coverts : Lustrous black.
Wings—Shoulders : Black.
Fronts : Black.
Bows : Deep russet red.
Coverts : Lustrous black.
Primaries : Black.
Secondaries : Black, exposed portion forming black wing bay.
Breast: Solid black or with a few copper spots. Not laced.
Body & Stern: Black.
Legs & Toes— Lower Thighs : Black.
Shanks and Toes : Shanks and toes light to mid-slate, showing pink
between the scales. Bottoms of feet pinkish white.
Shank and Toe Feathers : Black.
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