Is this a pair of Wheaten Bantam Cochins??

[RAREROO]

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Where are you from where the " Lemon Blue " Cochins are called Tangerine Blue ? I have never heard that befor but I think they should be called that because you are right, most cochins that are called " Lemon Blues " Look like they are simply from a cross of Buffs and Blues, not the true Lemon Blue pattern as seen in gamefowl, though some cochins do have the true color. But I think Tangerine Blue should be a more approprite hobby name for the Buff X Blue crosses.

And you are rightm the ones in your pics are what I call buffs too, the ones posted by the OP do not look like pure buffs.

The OP also mentioned the neighbor having a roo that looks like the Wheaten roo pictured and I wanted to add that he may well be a Partridge roo as Partridge and Wheaten roos look very similar.

I live in South Eastern North Carolina. Around here I think people just call it like they see it. If the bird is yellow on blue then it's called a Lemon Blue. If the bird is red on blue then it's called a Tangerine Blue. Tangerine Blues sell really really well around here. I have a chick right now that came out of the egg with a neon orange stripe that starts at the base of the beak and runs over the top of its head, down its back all the way to his tail. I can't wait to see how much red it has an an adult. Usually my birds start with very little red and get more as they get older. If that is the case with this chick, it should be almost solid red on top as an adult. Very exciting.
Anyway, here are some examples.

This is what is called a Tangerine Blue.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/64161_adam_296.jpg

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/64161_adam_289.jpg

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/64161_adam_295.jpg

This guy was probably mixed but he had some excellent coloring. I sold him to a lady who just wanted him as a yard ornament.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/64161_adam_209.jpg

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/64161_adam_290.jpg

This is what is called a Lemon Blue around here.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/64161_lemonblueroo.jpg

Tangerine in back and a Lemon in front.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/64161_lfroos.jpg

Well yours actually do look like the true lemon Blue pattern ( Blue diluted Brown Red) like the pattern found in gamefowl and a few others, the first ones that you are calling tangerine blue acutally have the best coloring for what lemon blue should be.

 

[Coopa Cabana]

Hope you all can open this attachment. There is a pic of a beautiful Wheaten Pullet owned by Mr. Craig Carroll that won BV at the 2006 Eastern National.

http://cochinsinternational.cochinsrule.com/2006 Eastern National Winners-photopage.pdf

 

[CrystalCoastCochins]

I'm not sure why but I couldn't get the link to work.

Clint, I took some pictures of that chick I was talking about and I will try and post them in the morning. The colors on this little guy are amazing already. Usually my chicks start off with a blue or black base with just a hint of red on them. Then with each molt the red/lemon/tangerine color increases or decreases. Strangely enough the roos seem to increase color with each molt, hens seem to increase color until about 3-4 months of age at which point they begin to loose color with each molt. As adults, my hens usually only have a hint of red left. This is the first chick I have had to hatch out with so much color. Obviously, I am hoping beyond all hope that it is a rooster.
I have two hens in the grow out pen right now that were, up until this little guy hatched, my most red colored chicks at hatch. They are now almost 4 months old and both are completely black with just a faint hint of red on one's head and on the other one's back. If this chick does turn out to be a rooster, I will eventually breed him to those two hens.
So it will be easier to find. I will probably just start a whole new topic about him. Seems this topic has run its course. Thank you to everyone who posted a comment. I learned alot and really appreciated it. I loved all of the pictures too.

 

[Chicken Huck]

Roo could be a Wheaten or could be a poor quality partridge. Pullet is definitely Wheaten.