Which two roosters look the most promising?

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Chonky looks like different levels of barring in different places
Cornflake is having some lovely dark gold coming in now
 

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Little update, the boys have been crowing for a few weeks now, and I’ve noticed some small behavioural changes in some of them
There are still no signs of human aggression thankfully
Chonky boy is starting to get nicer to his hens, letting them eat first, not stealing treats, chirping loudly when he finds something interesting
They are also getting more bold and protective, squaring up against my adult hens through the fence when historically they ran for it
Chonky and the black cockerel look like they’ve finished their juvenile moult, and they are looking very nice
The two buffs are in the middle of a moult and looking quite scraggly
 

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Final update, all is going well, I rehomed the black one and one of the buff ones
Kept Chonky and cornflake, they get along well and work together to protect the flock from magpies
Boris the white rooster I kept in a separate pen with a feather picking hen, they get along well and I hatched two chicks from them as I was very curious about Boris’s genetics, the chicks appear white with black patches
I won’t keep Boris for much longer probably
None of them ended up aggressive at all, but they aren’t lap chickens, they care more about their hens now which is good
Cornflake ended up with weird looking feathers so I might not keep long term either
And Chonky boy has rounded saddle feathers which is odd
 

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Final update, all is going well, I rehomed the black one and one of the buff ones
Kept Chonky and cornflake, they get along well and work together to protect the flock from magpies
Boris the white rooster I kept in a separate pen with a feather picking hen, they get along well and I hatched two chicks from them as I was very curious about Boris’s genetics, the chicks appear white with black patches
I won’t keep Boris for much longer probably
None of them ended up aggressive at all, but they aren’t lap chickens, they care more about their hens now which is good
Cornflake ended up with weird looking feathers so I might not keep long term either
And Chonky boy has rounded saddle feathers which is odd
Looks like I was wrong about Chonky being blue. Boris is either recessive white or heterozygous for dominant white (or possibly self silver?), and his offspring looks silver(?)

What do you mean by “weird looking feathers”? His feathers look fine in the picture, the lightness is due to him having the mottling gene
 
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Looks like I was wrong about Chonky being blue, seems his lighter color was due to having a copy of the mottling gene. Boris is either recessive white or heterozygous for dominant white (or possibly self silver?), and his offspring looks silver(?)

What do you mean by “weird looking feathers”? His feathers look fine in the picture, the lightness is due to him having the mottling gene
You can’t really see it in the picture but his tail feathers are kind of shredded looking on the back
Boris I think is dominant white, the chicks are from a mealy grey hen and him, and the chicks seem to be paint maybe or partially patterned but it’ll be easier to tell once they have more feathers
Attached picture of mother hen and chicks
 

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Your boys turned out very handsome! Looks like maybe you have one male and one female chick? They are adorable!
 
Your boys turned out very handsome! Looks like maybe you have one male and one female chick? They are adorable!
They did, they are gentlemen too
I think so, I think the chick that had wry neck is female and other is a roo
I might replace Boris with Boris’s son, as Boris made a chick with wry neck and mini wing
 

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