Thank you all for posting! The rooster with the most votes I will keep, the other rooster will be free to whoever wants him. Its to cold to ship but I will drive part way to get him a good home.
Oh, gosh, for once this is a really tough choice (for me). They're both gorgeous. They're both EEs, so the EE gene will continue on in your flock (if you do any hatching), and I used to think I was partial to darker chickens.
But that cream cockerel is absolutely gorgeous. As is the "brown" one - brown? LOL - I guess he's more brown than the cream one! He's a STUNNINGLY handsome rooster.
If I was driving down the road past your property, and I saw the brown rooster in the yard with a flock, I'd smile and say, "Oooh, good lookin' rooster." If I saw the cream one, I'd slow down, pull to a stop, and sit on the side of the road to watch him for a while.
If I didn't have a rooster, I'd love to have either one. But there's a teeny-tiny bit more covetousness in me about that cream one!