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Blue laced red wyandottes have the Andalusian blue gene. This means that the offspring have the potential to be black (mahogany laced), (dark) blue laced red and splash (light blue laced red). It's a personal preference to what color you desire. They're simply called blue, black, splash...

I don't know how to link an URL so I suggest googling "chicken calculator" for the kippenjungle genetics calculator. It did show blr dominant over gl. I've seen posts on here where somebody crossed a blr with a barnevelder and had a beautiful bird. Good luck!

I think it's going to be a wait and see. I've had some splash blr that had only a faint chipmunk stripe at hatch. The lacing wouldn't show until they developed their first or second set of feathers. But they carried the mahogany gene. With your chick having only 1/4 lacing in its parentage -...

I don't see any blue in that chick. Good luck!

I've had no such luck sexing wyandottes like I can with welsummers. I know with welsummers you can go by the eyeliner. The color at hatch just gives a good guestimate of whether the chick is a black, blue or splash variety of the blue laced red. I can usually tell the sex around 3 weeks when...

The feathering isn't sex linked. His coloring is pretty light, he may be carrying a gold gene instead of mahogany. Since he's less than a month old he still has juvenile feathering. Hang in there, his lacing may come in with the adult feathering in a few months.

www.books.google.com plug wyandotte poultry in the search on the left one book will come up and a lot more recommendations also. ps. I'm on my 3rd kindle. I got the kfire for Christmas. I like the backlight but hate being tied to wifi unlike the base model that uses amazon whispernet...

Legs should be yellow on most varieties including blr. The hens' legs are lighter since laying pulls pigment from their skin. My blacks have darker shanks which is acceptable as long as the bottom of their feet are yellow. The color of the shanks is related to the green sheen of their...

check www.wyandottebreedersofamerica.net The comb should have rounded bumps, however not the hollow center on the cock.

Do you have him on lights? Cockerels need 14 hours of light just like hens to stimulate their desire to reproduce. I have a light on a timer that comes on at 3:00am.

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A breeder told me the easiest way to tell the difference is the thickness of the black lacing. Black blr have heavier lacing than exhibition quality gold laced. Their coloring should be a deeper red rather than gold. I'm partial to the black blr. I love the deep bay color. That's just me...

I like the before and after pictures of your pullet. These should be saved by anyone who freaks at the juvenile feathering of their blue laced red. I have seen time and time again people who are ready to throw the baby out with the bath water before their bird has aquired adult feathering...

Kinda hard to tell. They still look a little wet.

It depends if they're hatchery based or exhibition quality. Hatchery stock are geared more for egg production. Overall, their production isn't quite is good as RIR or rocks. They'll lay medium sized eggs until first adult molt. After that, eggs will be larger, but not quite as prolific.

Ooh, what did you get? I got a new Sportsman 1502 for Christmas. Now I can use my tabletop bators as hatchers. Now only if my fertility will catch up...

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Quote: according to www.kippenjungle.nl you should get 50% pullets, black unicolor 50% cockerels. black unicolor barred it's a cool website, plug in the color combinations and see whatcha get...

Quote: Are you using light on a timer? Mine turns on at 3:30 am so the girls get the 14 hours of light needed to stimulate laying.

Quote: Nice flock! You have a chicken-cat like we do.