silver laced wyandottes

Hello! I’ve been fixated on whether or not my pair of SLWs are roosters since the beginning. To that end, I have weekly photos (missing weeks 3&4), which might be interesting/helpful, even if you can’t help me with sexing my birds. Note: They do have enormous red combs & wattles. I grant...

We started our chicken tending in August. We started with 8 but lost 1. A couple of weeks ago, we got 7 unknown breed/sex abandoned chicks. And then... while grabbing supplies a couple of weeks ago somehow 4 more found their way home with us! How does this keep happening?? Oh well...

I recently adopted two Silver Laced Wyadottes who had mites from a family member, I then treated them for mites, and I believe they are free of hem and finally ready to enter my flock! I am wondering though, when they will be ready to lay,and how to tell. I don know how old they are, since I...

These are my chickens, only 12 weeks as of this coming Thursday! Golden and silver black laced wyandottes!

Hello everyone! I'm a new member of BackYard Chickens, but I've been visiting your forums on and off over the years. Thought I should make it official in case I have some advice/help to offer ;). I'm not brand new to chickens at all. I had pet chickens while growing up, then took a break...

My hen was sold to me as a silver laced wyandotte. I have read online that slw are supposed to have yellow legs but mine as gray. She also recently started laying eggs. They are small and a blueish color. I thought silver laced Wyandottes laid larger brown eggs. She also doesn’t look like other...

My new SLW chick is sooo loud! She’s 2-3 days old now and has an Australorp friend who is near inaudible compared to her. On the first night we had them I decided to put in an old sweatshirt that they could cuddle up against, and that’s been working pretty well for the time being. They sleep in...