Let's talk Golden Cuckoo Marans!

[AZBYFARM]

These are the best pics. I'm thinking two cockerels. Thoughts?

 

[buckabucka]

I am guessing cockerels.

 

[chickee]

Another pic of the one in the back.

Both are cockerels. They are beautiful!

 

[rainbowchick]

Okay, folks. Hubby has hit his limit on chickens and has asked me to reduce my numbers. Unfortunately, this means selling a pair of my son's Golden Cuckoos. Here is a pic of the two males (6 weeks old). One (on the right) has better barring, better leg feathering, but kind of scrappy looking feathers, and the other is smaller with not as crisp barring, not as thick foot feathers, but nicer feathers. Which one should I keep?

I chose this pic angle to show the feather quality...
ETA: the two males are in the middle...

 

[rainbowchick]

Here are single pics:
Male with better coloring, but scrappy feathers:

Smaller male with not-as-nice coloring, but nice feathers:

 

[Our Roost]

Keep the larger of the 2. It has plenty of time to feather out at only 6 weeks.

 

[chickee]

Here are single pics:
Male with better coloring, but scrappy feathers:


Smaller male with not-as-nice coloring, but nice feathers:

I would keep the larger one. Besides having better coloring, his type is much better. The smaller guy is too narrow and is showing too much white.

 

[rainbowchick]

I would keep the larger one. Besides having better coloring, his type is much better. The smaller guy is too narrow and is showing too much white. 

My thoughts exactly. I just wasn't sure how much of a "deal breaker" feather quality was...

 

[chickee]

My thoughts exactly. I just wasn't sure how much of a "deal breaker" feather quality was...

If you had more than two to pick from, I would say yes, go for better feather quality. I had some funky feathered roosters in the first batch I hatched when I first started with my foundation birds. Even the one I kept had weird tail feathers when he molted and the tail feathers were half grown in, but they straightened out. Could be your guy will feather in better after he molts and gets his adult feathers.

 

[rainbowchick]

If you had more than two to pick from...

Yeah, wouldn't that be great!
We considered ourselves lucky having gotten two females and two males out of a hatching egg order of 6 eggs! Next year maybe I can snag some of yours...