Golden Laced Wyandotte Thread!

[rosieandgirls]

My Golden Lace Wyandotte girls in their new Chunnel. So easy to make too!

 

[Nickeyo]

Here are my two gold laced chicks, I believe they are both hens but Im not 100% sure

Here's hen two

 

[Nickeyo]

Any ideas on gender

 

[Scott H]

Any ideas on gender

Age?

 

[Nickeyo]

About 15weeks ish

 

[Scott H]

Jeez, I'm not sure....seems pretty red for 15 weeks so I'm saying cockerel.

 

[2seth2]

Anyone on here do SQ bantams?

 

[familypendragon]

Here are my GLW crossed with Crested Cream Legbar (supposedly autosexing) pullets that just hatched last week. I can't wait to see how they feather out! Blue/Green egg laying GLWs, LOL!

 

[Freeholder]

Here are my two gold laced chicks, I believe they are both hens but Im not 100% sure



Here's hen two

They are both pullets. Never mind the combs, look at the feathers -- they don't have cockerel feathering.

Kathleen

 

[Freeholder]

I've got eight GLW pullets hatched in early May, two cockerels from the same hatch, and a rooster who is a year and a half old (he looks terrible right now because he's molting). I also have some Black Australorps, including a cockerel. Originally I was planning to crossbreed (these are all hatchery stock -- I don't show, just have them for eggs and meat, but I like to have nice birds to look at), but right now I'm leaning towards choosing just one breed and sticking with that. I'm leaning towards the GLW's because I like the rose combs for our cold winters, and because I love their coloring. Don't care if they aren't as friendly as some breeds because I don't keep chickens as pets (we have too many predators around here to get attached to individual chickens, and we eat our culls). I was reading on the German New Hampshires thread (the other breed I'm considering, though I'd have to find a source), and it looks like a number of people are purposefully working with them to be practical as well as beautiful homestead birds. Is anyone working with the GLW's that way? Culling for poor laying, selecting for early maturity and good size for meat? I know the lacing makes it harder to work with them as far as their external appearance goes, but I have seen people say many times, first build the barn and THEN paint it, LOL!

Kathleen