Blue Laced Red Wyandotte THREAD!

[ilovemydog]

Show these lovely birds on this thread at any age! Have Fun!

 

[rcentner]

they are not show quality, but thought I would add a pic anyway!

 

[CowgirlJules]

I have this beautiful boy. The lady I bought the eggs from said they were either BLRW or a cross between BLRW and SLW. I suspect he's the cross, but I'm not sure. He's a very good boy.


Poultry by Cowgirl Jules, on Flickr


Poultry by Cowgirl Jules, on Flickr

 

[Randy]

Here are mine. I found them at a flea market last fall. The same guy had another trio and I've kicked myself in the butt numerous times because I didn't buy them too.

 

[Duramaxgirl]

My BLRW
Victor my roo

WhiteChocolate and some of the girls

My whole flock this january

Butt shot

Splash

Chicks

 

[5 Points Wingfeather]

This pullet laid her first egg today. We hatched her from our chickens. Im really proud of the the way her lacing has turned out so far.

 

[marymac]

Babies at 4 mths.

Baby's Daddy

Baby's Momma

 

[ki4got]

I've seen so many questions about peoples' birds, pics, etc...
first, as far as color is concerned, blue laced red Wyandottes are just that... they are blue (but can also be black or splash, since blue does not breed true), they are laced (a complete NARROW band of blue/black/splash around the center color), and they are RED. In this case, red is not just your 'run of the mill' red like you'd see in a black breasted red whatever, but the deep dark mahogany red seen in the old heritage type Rhode Island Reds...
this breed has no place for anything resembling gold, copper or fire-engine red. there is also no place for poor or incomplete lacing, and birds that have wide lacing will not breed true either. over all, the blue is the easiest part to get right on this breed. and also the most insignificant aspect of what makes a bird a BLRW.
and honestly, getting the color right is probably the easiest part of breeding GOOD blrw... it's the type that seems to be lacking 9 times out of 10, IMO... or just flat out ignored in some cases I think. but without type, all you have is a pretty chicken. not a Wyandotte.
so a brief refresher from past discussions regarding Wyandotte type...

One of the most commonly misunderstood (or even flat out ignored) is the proper profile a Wyandotte should have.



The following is from an old text regarding the Wyandotte standards... useful for seeing right and wrong as far as overall body shape (ie, type)





the genetics behind lacing (good and bad):

Pg is the pattern gene, Ml is the melanizing gene, Co is the Columbian gene. Each one is dominant over the wild type (shown with a +). If all 3 mutations are not homozygous (2 copies of the mutation present) then the appearance of the lacing is changed.


the black tip mentioned above - AKA spangling - can be seen in the image below, including proper and improper feather markings in a laced bird.

 

[speckledhen]

I don't have any now, but some kind person included five of their eggs in a shipment and tonight, I'll be setting those, along with 81 other eggs of various breeds.

 

[mstrawn3]

2014 pullet