I didn;t check the black cochin babies you got from me. Have you been able to tell yet what they are. Was just wondering on my new jubilee babies. What is weird, a couple of them have like dark stripes on their backs...does that indicate male or femail?
No, I believe that is due to my mixing two different breeder's lines, and then recessive genes popping up. They should all feather out similarly in the end. If you follow the Jubilee thread on BYC, you'll see some who say they should be all yellow and some who say it doesn't matter, and you can select for either to breed, but I haven't gotten that far yet. And, I'm not sure they make for the prettiest chickens. We'll see!