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Black and Blue Wyandotte Bantams

post #1 of 9
4/12/09 at 9:28pm
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Hi I am looking for a few blue and black wyandotte bantams. Does anyone know much about this breed the colors seem to be pretty rare. Thanks

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post #2 of 9
4/13/09 at 10:05am
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Breeding and Raising: Quality Silkies in blue,black,splash and white. Quality Bantam Cochins in black, white, blue and black mottled. And TN. Walking Horses
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Breeding and Raising: Quality Silkies in blue,black,splash and white. Quality Bantam Cochins in black, white, blue and black mottled. And TN. Walking Horses
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post #3 of 9
4/13/09 at 10:08am

I have partridge wyandotte bantams.  First strain, great egg layers, didn't go broody easily.  The strain I have now, look better but don't lay as well and go broody. 

Every strain (regardless of color) will be different in bantams.  They are bred for appearances so production properties/temperament will vary more than with standard varieties.

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post #4 of 9
4/13/09 at 10:32am
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What do you mean you say the strain, Thanks

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post #5 of 9
4/13/09 at 10:37am

Black and Blue can be bred together.  Black is very common.  Google "American Bantam Association" and contact the president, he'll set you up with a breeder in your area.  They're a cold tolerant breed that lays well and is known for broodiness.  The breed is very susceptible to Marek's Disease. 

http://sites.google.com/site/moodysbantams/moody-s-birds/wyandotte-bantams

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post #6 of 9
4/13/09 at 1:39pm
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What do you mean you say the strain, Thanks


each breeder/hatchery has their own genetics to this breed or color w/in the breed.  So depending upon what characteristics they have bred for, how that particle strain/family will act.

If they are a little inbred, they might have more or less physical defects or their temperament might be different. 

Hope this helps clear what I meant up.

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post #7 of 9
4/13/09 at 4:22pm

I have a Blue Wyandotte bantam hen, and I love love LOVE!! She is turning 5 this year, and is my best layer of my bantams.  I show her in 4-h and she always does really well, she got best of poultry at the last show I went to.  Here is a pic
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd198/ajamick/Update%202/DSCI0018c.jpg

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post #8 of 9
4/13/09 at 4:28pm
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Thanks seedcorn

Playswithfowl your hen is gorgeous where did you get her,

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post #9 of 9
4/13/09 at 4:53pm

I got her from a breeder in Portland Oregon, but I don't think he breeds Blues anymore?  His name is Travis Schaal.
  --PWF

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