I am by no means an expert on wyandottes but I would probaby use #1 as u said over your blue hens. He would help darken up the blue lacing in his offspring. #2 I would keep him on stand by as a backup. I really like #3 as he has an excellent wyandotte shape and the "heart" shape. Im not sure exactly if I would cull him out completely unless he is really small. He would be a good candidate as a breeder if you wanted to focus more on shape than color. I would probably cull the non lacing roo. They are lovely birds though!Also looking for advice from any BLRW breeders about my cockerels. looking for opinions about type, and pairings I have 11 to choose from: 3 are splash, culls 2 are blacks, considering pairing 1 of these with my mature Splash hens. 6 are Blues. The one I think has the best type is very dark blue, nearly black. cockerel #1 - dark blue, almost black. considering pairing him with the 2 best blue females above. I think he has the best type.cockerel #2 - I like his even blue color. 2nd runner up to pair with my two best Blue females. not sure about his type though.
cockerel #3 - I like his even blue color and his type, but he is significantly smaller in size than all the other males. also, he has a weird white stripe in his saddle and tail feathers. it seems to be growing out. I wonder if something stunted his growth and caused that white line in his feathers earlier in life?
cockerel #4 - this is the black cockerel I think looks best, these are not good photos of him but he was hard to catch. alternative idea - pair cockerel #1 (very dark blue) with the splash hens instead of this black.
[rule] Lastly... look at this cockerel with no lacing! I think he has good wyandotte type but his color is weird. He is all blue with no lacing at all. he is going to be culled but I had never seen anything like this before so I thought I would share him.
