The cocks don't lay eggs Cocks will blow them selves out as well and coo more cocks usually have bigger wattles than the hens Cocks tend to have a rounder head and hen more flatter square looking The only daft question is one left unasked
4 is a Ian Parsons Lambrecht , he's out of son of ref d , and a hen out of red riding hood and meaburn robbing is dam which go back to ref a and ref b bills number 1 stock hen , he's paired to a red Janssen hen Thanks for your kind comments
With distance birds I only send to 3 / 4 young bird races just purely to show them the ropes and school them without burning them out and let them mature . As yearlings I race up to 360 miles although I may send a few further .In a distance loft your looking for a team of two year olds +. The more patient you are the better they will be