Blue Laced Red Wyandotte THREAD!

Hello everyone! I was wondering if anyone would give an opinion about this guy. I know what I think about him and I just wanted to see how close to the mark I am. I know these pics aren't great. I can try to get better ones this weekend if you can't see good enough to tell anything.

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I DO like his nice round body starting to develop into maturity. I am not sure to be honest. I am not crazy about using splash as a foundation rooster. I like some of his dark red feathers.I would think you would want a really dark male, dark deep blue and dark deep mahogany red male. I cant see his leg color well or his comb well. I honestly do not know. Sorry I can't help more.
 
Hello! New to the blrw, I acquired 10 blrw chicks from a local breeder and 2 blue lace, gold lace cross chicks roughly the same age. They are between 10 and 12 weeks old now, and I'm pretty sure I can discern genders. Both the crosses are male. Then I have a splash male and an incredibly light laced male. Some of my birds that are blue laced are so light in the lacing, it looks almost buff or honey colored. A few of the birds look "buttery" they are beautiful, but it's very light lacing. I will try to get some pictures soon, but obviously I don't need 4 Roosters. What color rooster is the most advantageous to keep? If the lacing on the birds is light. Is that a bad thing? Should I try to reintroduce some dark lacing? Or is the lighter nearly white lacing on the red birds ok or desirable. I certainly think it's pretty, but I want to keep the best stock possible, like everyone I'm sure. So I plan to keep all the females and one rooster. Possibly 2 roos if I were to break them up into trios or quads but right now everyone shares a coop and a large free range fenced area. Please lend me some insight as to which rooster to keep. :) the light one is huge and beautiful, the splash is a little flighty but pretty, the two that are cross have very dark almost black, if not entirely black lacing, but one has a single comb. I have no intentions of keeping the single comb roo, the other cross has the appropriate comb. Sorry again no pictures it has rained for days and the gloomy atmosphere doesn't lend itself well to photography.
 
  I DO like his nice round body starting to develop into maturity. I am not sure to be honest. I am not crazy about using splash as a foundation rooster. I like some of his dark red feathers.I would think you would want a really dark male, dark deep blue and dark deep mahogany red male. I cant see his leg color well or his comb well. I honestly do not know. Sorry I can't help more.


Thanks for the response. I am probably going to see if I can rehome him. I think his legs look too pale to me, I think they should be a brighter less dull color. He is massive though. I haven't weighed him but he is a BIG boy!
 
Hello! New to the blrw, I acquired 10 blrw chicks from a local breeder and 2 blue lace, gold lace cross chicks roughly the same age. They are between 10 and 12 weeks old now, and I'm pretty sure I can discern genders. Both the crosses are male. Then I have a splash male and an incredibly light laced male. Some of my birds that are blue laced are so light in the lacing, it looks almost buff or honey colored. A few of the birds look "buttery" they are beautiful, but it's very light lacing. I will try to get some pictures soon, but obviously I don't need 4 Roosters. What color rooster is the most advantageous to keep? If the lacing on the birds is light. Is that a bad thing? Should I try to reintroduce some dark lacing? Or is the lighter nearly white lacing on the red birds ok or desirable. I certainly think it's pretty, but I want to keep the best stock possible, like everyone I'm sure. So I plan to keep all the females and one rooster. Possibly 2 roos if I were to break them up into trios or quads but right now everyone shares a coop and a large free range fenced area. Please lend me some insight as to which rooster to keep. :) the light one is huge and beautiful, the splash is a little flighty but pretty, the two that are cross have very dark almost black, if not entirely black lacing, but one has a single comb. I have no intentions of keeping the single comb roo, the other cross has the appropriate comb. Sorry again no pictures it has rained for days and the gloomy atmosphere doesn't lend itself well to photography.


Sounds like you're putting a lot of thought into this, well done, you! I'm guessing that you already know using one of the crosses would not be a good idea. It's hard to get the information needed when the variety you're breeding has not been accepted into the Standard.

I'm sorry I don't know more about this particular breed or variety as I find that as long as I have time to sit and read the thread, I ALSO have time to share my knowledge with people who ask for it. Sorry you need to leaf through over 2000 posts to find what you need.
 
Its ok! I will do it during nap time over the next few days. I've made it to page 8. :) I look forward to reading the thread, I put a lot of time in to my other birds. These guys are turning out to be quite a bit of fun. With the new baby and all I admit I haven't had the time to do as much research as I had planned, but am excited none the less!
 
Quote: single comb should not be used for breeding..it is a cull
IMO, his red isn't bad. but he is lacking in type, has a single comb, and the lacing is not very good... only time would tell if his type would improve, but i don't think it will improve enough to make up for the single comb or poor lacing...

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I don't speak for everyone here, just myself. Based on what you have told us about your birds, I probably wouldn't keep any of them for breeding, you've told us 1. The lacing is very light (darker blue is desirable), 2. The red is "buttery looking", most likely not mahogany (mahogany is what you want), 3. One has a straight comb (definitely no), and 4. You want to start with the best stock possible. Based on these comments, my advice would be to start with something else. I might feel differently after seeing pics if they had excellent type. No, I wouldn't consider keeping the gold laced crosses if I were trying to breed BLR.
 
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Its not always easy to find the info. Especially when there are thousands and thousands of post. Some people just don't sit at home all day and have hours and hours to spend researching while there hubby is off paying the bills, so don't worry about asking questions. I had a run in with some divas and was rude back. I was quickly reminded that most people on here are very friendly and love to help.

Some of mine sound similar in some ways. From what I've been told mine are really diluted and i was told to reintroduce some dark lacing, so that more than likely would be what helps you too. You have to work with what you got so don't give up. reintroducing dark lacing should help allot especially if you can get a dark laced with good mahogany color you are back in business.

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