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  1. colby318

    The Wyandotte Thread

    I'm sorry but he doesn't have the wyandotte shape. Wyandottes are birds of curves. His back is too long. His tail from the back should be the shape of an inverted V (teepee shaped). He'll be pretty backyard eye candy, though.
  2. colby318

    The Wyandotte Thread

    Some wyandottes have been cross bred with Plymouth Rocks and/or other single comb breeds. The rose comb is dominate but if you have parents who carry the recessive single comb gene it will pop up from time to time. If you want to sell wyandotte chicks in the future, do not use the second bird...
  3. colby318

    The Wyandotte Thread

    I should get my act together making a web and facebook page, lol. My wyandottes are a work in progress. Not too many people are working with the blacks. My hens are great, the cock birds need work. I need to increase their bulk. It'll take me a couple of years, but I'm patient. My new pet...
  4. colby318

    The Wyandotte Thread

    Love your facebook page! I'm now on your friend list
  5. colby318

    The Wyandotte Thread

    Hang in there until they molt their juvenile feathers and start growing in the adult plumage at 4 months. Then start culling for type and lacing.
  6. colby318

    The Wyandotte Thread

    They're more bantam size than large fowl. But, they're larger than American wyandotte bantams.
  7. colby318

    The Wyandotte Thread

    They're English bantams so they are much larger than the American ones. Hopefully, with a couple of years of linebreeding, I can bring their up their size using my LF blacks. A friend of mine has partridge and silver penciled. I love the lacing on the hens.
  8. colby318

    The Wyandotte Thread

    Sorry to take so long to post. I acquired some LF whites from Duane Urch this year, he has really nice birds. I'm picking up some chocolate and chocolate-recessive blacks this weekend at a show from a friend. I'm using the whites to add bulk to my blacks. The chocolates are for kicks and...
  9. colby318

    The Silver Laced Wyandotte Thread

    It's so nice to see quality wyandottes on here. Who did you get them from?
  10. colby318

    Kentucky people

    The Shelbyville show is May 19th.
  11. colby318

    The Wyandotte Thread

    Mmm, credit is not a bad thing! There's always craigslist in case it's a cockerel. I have 75 cockerels rolling around. Ugh. This weekend I'm culling the few blues that are showing a bit of rust. Darn recessive coloring... I'm taking them to a swap and hanging a sign on their pen that says...
  12. colby318

    The Wyandotte Thread

    I know hatcheries guarantee a certain percentage as the correct sex. If you received extras; they're probably cockerels. I like having a rooster running with the hens even if it's out of breeding season for me. It keeps the peace in the flock and the hens like having a rooster watching over...
  13. colby318

    The Wyandotte Thread

    click on the link under my signature. It has the standard for wyandottes.
  14. colby318

    The Wyandotte Thread

    Don't despair. You may be able to trade him for other pullets or at least sell him to earn his feed once he grows up.
  15. colby318

    The Wyandotte Thread

    You may have a cockerel. The combs on the pullets will still be yellow. When their juvenile feathers have come in, the cockerels will start developing more prominent wattles than the pullets. Sharp sickle feathers will be obvious on the cockerels when they molt again for adult feathers.
  16. colby318

    The Silver Laced Wyandotte Thread

    That would be after they molt their juvenile feathers. You'll know before then. By the age of six weeks, the cockerels will have pink combs. The pullets will have yellow combs.
  17. colby318

    The Silver Laced Wyandotte Thread

    Why-ann-dott is the correct pronunciation.
  18. colby318

    The Wyandotte Thread

    Jerry Foley has started chocolate wyandotte bantams available. I'm going to have to call them this week to pick up some. I have wanted chocolates so badly!!! I am beyond excited about this! Chocolate wyandottes... . Maybe some of his partridge to go with them... I am so weak.
  19. colby318

    Wyandotte color breeding

    You can add a black blr if it has good type. You're adding the mahogany gene to the gold. The gold color shouldn't deepen too much. The black blr doesn't carry a blue gene.
  20. colby318

    The Wyandotte Thread

    I'm hatching around 50 chicks a week right now. Those that aren't presold are going into my brooders. I'm glad I started hatching in January. I have a decent sized juvenile flock to cull from for next year's breeders and still have POL to sell in June.
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