The two I want to sell are also very gold, and seem to be smaller then my other three.
I have one beautiful cream girl, and I really hope she gives me some better cream males. My other two are nicely sized, and perfect blue eggs, so I'll be using them as well.
I'm not sure which male to use. All the reading I've done has been a little more confusing. I have one with darker black barring, and one with less distinct barring...if that makes sense.
Do chicks get size from the males or females?
If I recall correctly, type from Mom and size from Dad - mostly, although genes combine in unexpected ways sometimes. The first few years while you are building your breeding base, it would probably make sense to use what you have, in multiple combinations if at all possible, and see what you like best. Breeders talk about putting pressure on traits you want, so in your case you would put pressure on size, crest, and cream - cream is probably something all breeders are putting pressure on; size and crest are also commonly pressured traits.
Overall, you want to work with your birds to move toward what you feel most closely resembles SOP, and once you have produced several chicks with similar appearance that are closer than the others, you use those chicks and breed back to their respective parents to stamp in the traits you have that you are trying to keep.
For what you describe above, if it was me, I would use the male with less distinct barring over all three hens for at least the first 6-8 weeks while you hatch as many as you can. Then switch the males and again hatch as many as you can. Mark all the chicks based on known parentage - so during the "crossover" period you can sell the eggs or chicks for a few weeks while the new male takes over siring chicks. There is no cut and dried period of time but typically two to three weeks after adding the new male you can be fairly sure the chicks will be sired by the second male. Hatch, hatch hatch, keep and raise as many chicks as you have room for.
I know others will add their own take on what you have to work with, this is just what popped into my head after reading your query
