I like the way they're looking also rosey. As far as your males are concerned, my experience has been that the breeding that produces the nicest pullets, doesn't produce very nice cockerels or at least not as nice as the pullets. I know that some folks say they can breed good males and females from the same roos and hens, but I haven't done it so far. I wonder if you don't have to breed A LOT of chicks so that they can be picked through. I think the double breeding is really the easiest way to go. I'll let know this fall when I get offspring from my two different type roos and their hens.
I wanted to share a couple of pictures of my 8 wk old partridge bantams. I am really excited about how they are looking so far, they are already as fluffy as the momma was at about four months. I can't wait to see how they will mature. They are already developing cute little cushions.
This group is so sweet to, they are under my feet or in my lap constantly. The boys are not shaping up nearly as quickly as the girls, they don't look as fluffy yet. Do boys fluff up more slowly? The feather color pattern is also very messy looking on the boys, they are in that so ugly they are cute stage.
