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post #11 of 17
1/8/12 at 6:55pm
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Originally Posted by Cowgirl71 

Wow.  I would definitely call the hatchery and send them these pictures.

I'm not a person who's interested in APA SOP breeder-quality birds (I'm very much pro-hatchery myself), but "Survivor" and pic #3 are OBVIOUS crossbreds, not to mention the birds with green and blue legs.

Those ARE very pretty birds, and I'm sure they'll make great backyard layers, but a hatchery should NEVER sell birds like "Survivor" and pic #3 as purebred Golden Laced Wyandottes, when they're so obviously mutts.

Personally, I'm fine with my hatchery Wyandottes having poor lacing and single combs, so long as they're great layers of brown eggs and resemble a Wyandotte.  But with your birds...  I'd ask the hatchery for at least a partial refund.


Is this just a "Meyer" thing or does this happen everywhere.... I have seen a lot of people with this exact same EE/GLW mix issue... They can't all be from Meyer... Right??

And don't get me wrong... I love my GLW'ish birds.. I just wanted to breed GLWs for my area. I love the breed!love

Oh Yeah and....  RON PAUL 2012!!!!! thumbsupwootweecelebrate

Proud dad and husband. Our GLW Laying Flock: 14 Laying Hens and 1 Gorgeous Roo. Plus 4 "Mutt" Layers. 3 Jumbo Pekin and 2 Rouen Ducks. 6 Female and 3 Male "Florida Giants" (Florida White/Flemish Giant Hybrid). Also 2 Large Beehives and Gardens galore!!


For pet: 2 Huge Pittbulls, 1 Huge Cat, and 1 little Florida White Rabbit.

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Proud dad and husband. Our GLW Laying Flock: 14 Laying Hens and 1 Gorgeous Roo. Plus 4 "Mutt" Layers. 3 Jumbo Pekin and 2 Rouen Ducks. 6 Female and 3 Male "Florida Giants" (Florida White/Flemish Giant Hybrid). Also 2 Large Beehives and Gardens galore!!


For pet: 2 Huge Pittbulls, 1 Huge Cat, and 1 little Florida White Rabbit.

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post #12 of 17
1/8/12 at 7:07pm
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Originally Posted by FiascoFarmer 

Is this just a "Meyer" thing or does this happen everywhere.... I have seen a lot of people with this exact same EE/GLW mix issue... They can't all be from Meyer... Right??

And don't get me wrong... I love my GLW'ish birds.. I just wanted to breed GLWs for my area. I love the breed!love


My GLWs came from Cackle and were quite good quality, I thought.  Yellow legs and fairly good lacing.  3 out of 5 did have single combs, but that is fine with me.  They ARE a very pretty breed.  I sold mine because they were the most persistent broodies I had ever seen, back when I hated broodies.  But now I love broodies and have thought about getting a few more GLWs from Cackle again... 

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post #13 of 17
1/8/12 at 7:51pm

Beautiful birds!  I have one GL Cochin bantam and she's soooo cute. The color looks so cool when there are several of them together!

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post #14 of 17
1/8/12 at 11:28pm

I have 1 GLW and 2 SLW that are all hatchery hens. MY GLW is beautiful even though she is single comb, but I wasn't buying for showing or breeding, so that was fine by me. Your birds are mixes for sure, with EE in them from the looks of it.

Here is a pic of my GLW "Skittle"...other than the single comb she is what a GLW normally should look like.

http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii8/cycle17/DSC04138.jpg

She's really sweet, and actually a little "rounder" looking now.smile


Edited by MassivelyScrambled - 1/8/12 at 11:32pm
1 Awesome Girlfriend (who's also a chicken addict), 1 Easter Egger Hen, 1 Easter Egger/Leghorn Mixed Hen, 1 Black Ameraucana Hen, 1 White Frizzle Cochin Hen, 1 Golden Laced Wyandotte Pullet, 2 Silver Laced Wyandotte Pullets, and a great little backyard chicken kingdom!
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1 Awesome Girlfriend (who's also a chicken addict), 1 Easter Egger Hen, 1 Easter Egger/Leghorn Mixed Hen, 1 Black Ameraucana Hen, 1 White Frizzle Cochin Hen, 1 Golden Laced Wyandotte Pullet, 2 Silver Laced Wyandotte Pullets, and a great little backyard chicken kingdom!
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post #15 of 17
1/18/12 at 10:05am
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Originally Posted by NovaAman View Post

No, not PQ at all. TRY, not pure at all. A few are GLW, but the rest are mutts. BUT, you gotta love that you got an EE to lay you a blue green egg. Makes for a colorful basket. I personally love mutts. BUT if I ordered GLW and only a few out of them were, then I think I would be pretty ticked off.



I do think the Colored eggs are cool.... I just was shocked ep.gif to find I had mutts in my "pure" GLW flock.

Proud dad and husband. Our GLW Laying Flock: 14 Laying Hens and 1 Gorgeous Roo. Plus 4 "Mutt" Layers. 3 Jumbo Pekin and 2 Rouen Ducks. 6 Female and 3 Male "Florida Giants" (Florida White/Flemish Giant Hybrid). Also 2 Large Beehives and Gardens galore!!


For pet: 2 Huge Pittbulls, 1 Huge Cat, and 1 little Florida White Rabbit.

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Proud dad and husband. Our GLW Laying Flock: 14 Laying Hens and 1 Gorgeous Roo. Plus 4 "Mutt" Layers. 3 Jumbo Pekin and 2 Rouen Ducks. 6 Female and 3 Male "Florida Giants" (Florida White/Flemish Giant Hybrid). Also 2 Large Beehives and Gardens galore!!


For pet: 2 Huge Pittbulls, 1 Huge Cat, and 1 little Florida White Rabbit.

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post #16 of 17
4/1/12 at 7:02pm
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***UPDATE***

 

Brought the situation to Meyers attention... They said they had a couple complaints of the same thing and refunded us for the all of the "defective" lol.png chickens. We have since separated out the EE/GLW mixes into a "new" flock with our beautiful Black Sexlink mutt Roo who "Blackie" who was about to go to the cone. He is a very good Roo and his girls love him. They now hang in the Rabbit area. Blackie was raised from the egg of one of our "Original" hens. All is good on Fiasco Farm now.....

Proud dad and husband. Our GLW Laying Flock: 14 Laying Hens and 1 Gorgeous Roo. Plus 4 "Mutt" Layers. 3 Jumbo Pekin and 2 Rouen Ducks. 6 Female and 3 Male "Florida Giants" (Florida White/Flemish Giant Hybrid). Also 2 Large Beehives and Gardens galore!!


For pet: 2 Huge Pittbulls, 1 Huge Cat, and 1 little Florida White Rabbit.

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Proud dad and husband. Our GLW Laying Flock: 14 Laying Hens and 1 Gorgeous Roo. Plus 4 "Mutt" Layers. 3 Jumbo Pekin and 2 Rouen Ducks. 6 Female and 3 Male "Florida Giants" (Florida White/Flemish Giant Hybrid). Also 2 Large Beehives and Gardens galore!!


For pet: 2 Huge Pittbulls, 1 Huge Cat, and 1 little Florida White Rabbit.

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post #17 of 17
4/1/12 at 9:02pm

Correct! While really nice birds, they are not GLWs they are cross breeds. I'd be pretty upset if I got those for pure bred GLWs.  

 

I've got a GLW and two SLWs, the SLWs are pure, my GLW has a single comb but looks "classic" GLW in every other way. I didn't buy them for show or breeding so I dont care about the single comb, but they should have bright yellow legs if they are GLWs or SLWs, not green, blue or slate.

 

 

Ooops! didnt see that I already posted to this a while back... :-)

1 Awesome Girlfriend (who's also a chicken addict), 1 Easter Egger Hen, 1 Easter Egger/Leghorn Mixed Hen, 1 Black Ameraucana Hen, 1 White Frizzle Cochin Hen, 1 Golden Laced Wyandotte Pullet, 2 Silver Laced Wyandotte Pullets, and a great little backyard chicken kingdom!
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1 Awesome Girlfriend (who's also a chicken addict), 1 Easter Egger Hen, 1 Easter Egger/Leghorn Mixed Hen, 1 Black Ameraucana Hen, 1 White Frizzle Cochin Hen, 1 Golden Laced Wyandotte Pullet, 2 Silver Laced Wyandotte Pullets, and a great little backyard chicken kingdom!
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