Cochins - (bantams) Where's the boy? Is there one?

Paradisewife

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Breed: Mottled Cochin bantams
Hatchery
Age: 20 weeks tomorrow (May 5th hatch date, in case I can't math.)
Ordered: 3♀️, 1♂️ - the male was banded.
- 10 other chicks ordered
We lost 4 total, including 1 Cochin.
My partner removed the band IDing the male within the 1st 6 hrs, certain he could ID him.
I am not convinced.
So at 20 weeks, somebody is laying, and nobody is crowing. (Except the-Porcelain-who-should-have-been-a-girl-but-crowed-at-5.5weeks, the Mille Fleur boy, and the OEGB - who personifies "L'il banty rooster")

So sorry, but with triple-digits this summer, our misting system has caused some feather shredding.

If I mislabeled anyone,
KateWalker has almost no white on the back or bustle (tail pouf), Pickles has most mottling on the back, and JustYou has more tail mottling.

*Edit - going to get better Pickles pics.
 

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If there is a male in the group, he is very late in development, especially for a bantam. If you are certain there is a male my bet is that it is Just You.

But to me they all look like females. By 20 weeks a male should be very apparent, and especially in a bantam, which develop faster, in most cases.
 
Thanks for your expertise.

I only got a couple of glimpses at the banded chick, and I've always thought it was mis-identified. They were shipped to El Paso TX in May with a heat pack, and missed the DAILY truck to my town by an hour. They spent 23 hours at a USPS hub.
Dehydration, heat exhaustion, but we only lost 4 of 14, and I'm not surprised there was confusion. Either way, no male.
And thanks, @JedJackson for helping me ID this little guy: GameBoy (aka PlayBoy, aka Idiot...teenagers roosters)🙄
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The Porcelain is from the cochin group, 2 weeks older, than these others, but she's one we almost lost: 20.1g at 12 days, and 40.1g at 20 days. Very spoiled little Diva🥰
 

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