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Wyandotte

The Wyandotte originated in the U.S. in the 1870's. Wyandottes were made in Massachusetts,...
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General Information

Breed Purpose
Dual Purpose
Comb
Rose
Broodiness
Frequent
Climate Tolerance
Cold
Egg Productivity
Medium
Egg Size
Large
Egg Color
Brown
Breed Temperament
Friendly, easily handled, calm, bears confinement well, quiet and docile
Breed Colors/Varieties
Golden laced, silver laced, colubian, buff, partrige, silver penciled, blue, and blue laced red
Breed Size
Large Fowl
APA/ABA Class
American
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The Wyandotte aka American Sebright, were developed in the United states in the 1870’s, in and around the New York area. The first color developed was the Silver Laced variety and they were originally called American Sebrights. The name was changed to Wyandotte (after the indigenous Wyandot people), when they were admitted into the APA in 1883. They were exported to Europe around the same time.

Wyandottes are a calm breed in general and have very nice temperaments. They are good with people and generally get along well in a mixed flock. They are decent foragers, though they do not tend to wander far and are not good flyers. They are extremely cold hardy. The hens are good layers of light brown eggs, good winter layers, will set, and are good mothers. The cockerels make a good table bird. Today they are an extremely popular dual purpose breed and very popular among small flock owners looking for a colorful winter layer.

They have a flat rose comb and bright red face. Today they come in many feather colors and patterns, with over thirty found in Europe, the beautiful Blue Laced Red and Silver Laced are probably the two most popular colors in general. They are very popular as exhibition birds. Many breeds have been used to produce the Wyandotte we know today, including Brahma, Cochin, Hamburg, and Plymouth Rocks. They are also found in bantam size.

It was removed from The Livestock Conservancy's Priority list in 2016 and is no longer considered endangered.

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Wyandotte egg

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Wyandotte chick

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Wyandotte juvenile

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Wyandotte rooster and hens

For more info on Wyandottes and their owners' and breeders' experiences, see our breed discussion here:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/chicken-breed-focus-wyandotte.1135563/
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talkinboutchickens
Pros: very sweet, great personality, fantastic with other chickens
Cons: none
My little hen Vicky was so sweet, she had a special bond with my black sexlink Winnie. They did everything together. Vicky had a lot of personality. She was kinda overweight either that or her legs were just far apart at birth.
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I'm not really sure how many eggs she laid because the color of her eggs were the same color as all the rest of the eggs.
Purchase Price
$4.00 at a local breeder
Purchase Date
March 2019
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Least favorite of my small flock
Pros: Decent enough layer
Cons: Prone to lay outside nest box (dropped from roost or in run)
Strong membrane makes cracking eggs messy
Not particularly friendly (esp. compared to Golden Comet)
Two of our six chickens - our first batch, now reduced to five by a sudden death - are silver-laced Wyandottes. I much prefer our Golden Comets and our Olive Egger. The Wyandottes are “OK” but I only use their eggs when I don’t care about unbroken yolks as they’re likely to break getting the egg out of the shell. I’m also getting tired of checking the run to make sure I didn’t miss an egg there. When we replenish our flock we’ll be getting something else.
darkbaysfordays
Pros: Beautiful, bold, friendly, good egg layers.
Cons: Don't necessarily blend in with their environment very well.
Wyandottes are a perfect size and have a great disposition. They are friendly and lay a good amount of eggs.
Purchase Price
$3.95
Purchase Date
April 17, 2020
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Comments

atief1253
interesting that they both have different colored eggs. Does it have to do when who they were bred with?
 
lolli1103
We have one BLRW that is four months old she is very sweet and is the bottom of the pecking order amongst our flock and she doesn't seem to mind being there. She talks but not excessively. though she does not like to be picked up once she is she is just as calm as she can be. We love her so much. I got her as a day old chick from My Pet Chicken.
 
Diannastarr
i love my 16 sweet wyandotts , i have 8 SLW & 8CW both are different , the SLW are very sweet & they are pretty trainable & do what i say for the most part HA & the CWs not so much HA , but are beautiful , i love the Colombian color & my CW's they are funny girls we also have a Colombian roo & a SLW roo they both live together & get along well, I usually see the Colombians ruining in a straight line headed for something that must be very important HA & they remind me of ducks when they do that ...lol.. they are sweet & usually like to hang out to chatter away about stuff, as much as the SLW do , both kinds of wyandotts are friendly & sweet, the Colombians mostly stay within their own group , you will hardly find a Colombian wyandott off by them selves , the SLW are similar they are usually together as well & they love to talk & are just so fun , but SLW will go off on there own to hang out with the other chickens once in a wile , they all get along well , the SLW are very good layers , i cant say much about the CW eggs right now since they are still young & time will tell, but my SLW laid right through the winter & even wile molting , so thats pretty good if you ask me & the rest of my girls are 17 big sweet Aussie, 4 big NHR & 4 big BR the BR's are funny as well & they talk a lot to,, plus all my girls are very good layers .the NHR are nice & good layers but not lap dogs, but they do like to come over chat for a wile & look for treats . .
 
Diannastarr
the SLWs are a great beginner bird...! very sweet & very pretty & willing to give you their time & they can be as friendly as a pet dog or cat & great around children ..!!! : )
 
Pattycat
I agree, they are more like a neighbor than family. They like to keep a polite distance, but do respond to your words. My husband has a love affair with a SLW that is so sweet. She loves to hang out around him, but doesn't like him to pick her up like the rest of our chickens do!
 
mobius
lawn bling! lolol...I have three baby GLWs for that reason...and they are sweeties and friendly as well...we shall see how they do in the laying department...
 
twisted-acres-farm
I have 30 something of the SilverLaced variety and took them FOREVER to start laying they are almost a year old and the majority are still not laying large eggs. Just seems wrong to me that I am still getting small or peewee eggs from a large fowl bird pushing a year old. Mine are terrific diggers.

But beautiful birds just not my forever breed.
 
mobius
x2....more head swivels when I say it to my friends...love them head swivels....getting a total kick outta that...
 
BlackwoodHollow
XD Glad y'all are getting a kick. I'd love to know why your dottes are great diggers, @twisted-acres-farm . Ours were raised on pasture and will literally wait for me by the gate till they grow thin as rails, rather than go forage. I finally give up and feed em. PS: I love Ernest Tubb. My kids do too.
 
Wyandotte Blue
My Blue Wyandotte hens are sweet, my rooster tolerates me (good thing) and he takes very good care of the ladies. They hens (3) started laying at 6 months old! One of my hens is very broody, I am letting her sit on the nest because she really wants to be a Momma. : )
 
WyandotteLove1
I completely disagree with you. (Not to offend.) My beautiful silver-laced girl is one of my best egg layers and my prettiest, healthiest, and one of my best laying birdie. But I do agree that she can be very chatty at points. Especially after she lays. She's even woken me up a few times before.I can agree with you on that, but I still think that she's better than you say she is.
 
Whittni
I feel like you meant 'biased' in your opening sentence, not 'predjudice '. Predjudice is usually used in a negative association.
 
VistaSRJ
Yes, I'm referring to buying from small operation breeders instead of the large production hatcheries. Most breeders are going to try to keep their birds closer to the standard and original intent of the breed. I would always recommend people try to find birds from a breeder instead of a hatchery, especially if you plan to breed the birds yourself, or you want to really know what they are going to develop and act like.
 
AK Chick
This spring, we ordered chicks from a hatchery for the first time, since our state doesn't have a hatchery. We got chicks from the local feed store, and did not always go home with the breed that was listed. I think kids don't always put them back in the right spot:) We got 2 Black-Laced Silver Wyandottes, 3 Columbian Wyandottes, and 3 Black-Laced Golden Wyandottes. They went outside with a heat lamp at night at 4 weeks with day temps between 50-70 degrees F. They are thiriving, and getting plump. I can't wait to see their eggs! They seem pretty cold-hardy so far.
 

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