BackYard Chickens › BYC Forum › Chicken Breeds › What Breed Or Gender is This? › 2 week old Silver Laced Wyandotte with single comb (pictures)
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:

2 week old Silver Laced Wyandotte with single comb (pictures)

post #1 of 9
3/15/12 at 4:31pm
Thread Starter 

Okay, all the others have a flat spot where the comb is supposed to be right now.  But one has a little yellow single comb sticking up.  This is an Ideal Poultry bird bought from the local feed store.  I have 7 of them (plus 7 Americaunas and a Sex Link), and this is the only one with a comb.  Could this be a rooster or just a cross breed?

 

SLW with single comb

 

Notice the single comb, with some red feathering on the head.  In comparison, I have another picture of Sophie, another SLW from this batch.

 

Sophie

 

Is it a rooster, or just an anomoly?  Do SLW's get a comb at 2 weeks old?

Reply
Reply
post #2 of 9
3/15/12 at 6:03pm

That chickie has a single comb, it will not magically turn into the correct (rose) comb.  It's possible that it was accidently mixed in the the group.  What other breeds were they offering? 

Orchid dreams of Maple.  It's like "I Dream of Jeannie", without the harem pants...
Also, wegotchickens is a post Nazi. 
Reply
Orchid dreams of Maple.  It's like "I Dream of Jeannie", without the harem pants...
Also, wegotchickens is a post Nazi. 
Reply
post #3 of 9
3/15/12 at 7:13pm

Occasionally, wyandottes will throw a chick with a single comb. Even two show quality birds with impeccable lines will do that occasionally.

 

I hatched 5 blue laced red wyandotte eggs from great lines. Four have rose combs, one has a single comb.

Hatch Cam complete. Hatched 7/7 legbars- 4 pullets and 3 cockerels http://www.ustream.tv/channel/wendywr1

 

I have 25ish chickens, including legbars, coronation sussex, FBCM, polish, ameraucanas, EE and OE

http://acaptivechicken.blogspot.com

Reply

Hatch Cam complete. Hatched 7/7 legbars- 4 pullets and 3 cockerels http://www.ustream.tv/channel/wendywr1

 

I have 25ish chickens, including legbars, coronation sussex, FBCM, polish, ameraucanas, EE and OE

http://acaptivechicken.blogspot.com

Reply
post #4 of 9
3/15/12 at 7:38pm

The other chick looks to have dark feet and also seems to be a different color pattern.  That is why I asked about available breeds.

Orchid dreams of Maple.  It's like "I Dream of Jeannie", without the harem pants...
Also, wegotchickens is a post Nazi. 
Reply
Orchid dreams of Maple.  It's like "I Dream of Jeannie", without the harem pants...
Also, wegotchickens is a post Nazi. 
Reply
post #5 of 9
3/16/12 at 3:07pm
Thread Starter 

Both chicks have the same colored feet.  Kind of an grayish-orange coloration.  They're all from Ideal Poultry, so they're not exactly show quality.

Reply
Reply
post #6 of 9
3/16/12 at 7:38pm
It happens occasionally in Wyandottes. My breeder line SLWs have popped out a couple this year, and one of my BLRWs. I'll just sell those birds as laying hens if they're female, eat them if they're male.
I lost my whole flock due to poor biosecurity. Read about it here: Infectious Laryngotracheitis, and learn from my mistakes so it doesn't happen to you.
Reply
I lost my whole flock due to poor biosecurity. Read about it here: Infectious Laryngotracheitis, and learn from my mistakes so it doesn't happen to you.
Reply
post #7 of 9
4/6/12 at 6:35pm
Thread Starter 

I was joking with the wife tonight that we should try to find a single comb SLW rooster and try to specifically breed SLW's with the single comb.  Could be the beginning of a new breed of chicken... but only in our dreams.

Reply
Reply
post #8 of 9
4/7/12 at 11:13am

Well, it wouldn't be too hard to find, they crop up pretty regular. More with hatchery stock, but I've read rose combs are linked to lower fertility so breeders cross a straight comb bird back in every so often to keep fertility up. But don't tell the poor rose combed rooster he's not getting it done, that would hurt his feelings lol.

Rachel BB
 

Well, the kittens aren't so cute anymore and the easter egger cockerels are in the freezer. Plus, I think offering them as "prizes" scared folks off! So, I'm still posting quotes, if you know it let me know. I'm very enamored of this new one, it may hang around for a while!

 

"If I'd known the world was ending I'd have brought better books"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reply

Rachel BB
 

Well, the kittens aren't so cute anymore and the easter egger cockerels are in the freezer. Plus, I think offering them as "prizes" scared folks off! So, I'm still posting quotes, if you know it let me know. I'm very enamored of this new one, it may hang around for a while!

 

"If I'd known the world was ending I'd have brought better books"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reply
post #9 of 9
5/9/12 at 8:24am

My Week old SLW has a yellow single comb popping up, my other does not, Is this the sign of a rooster?
 

2 Ameraucana Rooster, 2 Rhode Island Red Hens
2 Barred Rocks Hens, 2 Partridge Rocks Hens.
2 Black Australorp.2 Black Sex-Links Hens.
8 Easter Egg Hens, 5 Ameraucanas .
1 Blue Cochin,2 SL Wyandottes,2 GL Wyandotte.
1 White Leghorn, 1 Speckled Sussex
2 Guinea Hens Royal Purples.
3 Peacocks India Blue,Black Shoulder,Silver Pied 1 Jade Spalding & BS Peahen
2 Royal Palm Turkeys
2 Rottweilers,1 Male...

Reply

2 Ameraucana Rooster, 2 Rhode Island Red Hens
2 Barred Rocks Hens, 2 Partridge Rocks Hens.
2 Black Australorp.2 Black Sex-Links Hens.
8 Easter Egg Hens, 5 Ameraucanas .
1 Blue Cochin,2 SL Wyandottes,2 GL Wyandotte.
1 White Leghorn, 1 Speckled Sussex
2 Guinea Hens Royal Purples.
3 Peacocks India Blue,Black Shoulder,Silver Pied 1 Jade Spalding & BS Peahen
2 Royal Palm Turkeys
2 Rottweilers,1 Male...

Reply
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:
  Return Home
  Back to Forum: What Breed Or Gender is This?
BackYard Chickens › BYC Forum › Chicken Breeds › What Breed Or Gender is This? › 2 week old Silver Laced Wyandotte with single comb (pictures)