So how I understood reading some genetics? threads, SLW roo with a GLW hen will give SLW hens and GLW roos.
So if I pair my two GLW hens with SLW roo and get a GLW roo, can I then breed the new GLW roo with GLW hens and get both roos and hens GL?
G'day mates.
Seven weeks ago we bought a "breeding trio" of Wyandottes from a local heritage breeder that's closing down his business.
From day one the two girls laid an egg per day, almost religiously. Then I let them fill a nest to see what happens.
When they reached 20 eggs, (an even...
F1 Glw x Red Sexlink
F2 Glw/Sexlink Mix x BLRW
F3 GLW/Sexlink/BLRW Mix x SLW
F4 GLW/Sexlink/BLRW/SLW Mix x BLRW
So rooster above was bred to Speckled sussex
These where the offspring
Bred the trio together and got these
Rooster 1
Then
Now
Rooster 2
Then
Now
Hen 1
Then
Now
Hen 2
Then...
Over the years my chicken flock at my parents’ house has become quite mixed. But lately I’ve noticed that there are quite a few bantam hens that look like this one.
This one is by far the nicest though. She is very pretty 🙂
She looks like a bantam wyandotte to me, but I don’t really know.
I’ve...
I am aware that cockerels are a dime a dozen, but I wanted to make these boys available to anyone willing to rehome them. They were hatched out by a broody hen in our backyard, but the eggs came from a mixed flock of all pure breed hens and two roosters. There were two roosters in that flock...
Two of the chickens refuse to roost every night and so they end up pooping in their nesting boxes lined with turf. None of the 6 have started laying eggs yet but I’m worried it will be an issue when these girls start. I have gone out at night and moved them onto the bars but they continue to...
I have a Maran cross Wyandotte egg in the incubator that I am concerned about. It is still alive, but can someone tell me that the egg looks fine for day 14.
See attached pictures.
I have a Silver Laced Wyandotte chicken which a broody hatched. It is now 9 weeks old. It is not behaving like a cockerel or pullet. It has still a small comb and wattles. It has a lack of tail feathers but other than that it is almost fully feathered. Do you see a pullet or a cockerel???
First time chick mama here. This is an 8 week old GLW from Meyer hatchery. Any chance it’s a pullet as we were told when purchased?? Thanks for your help!
We have 5 chicks who are 5 weeks old and all different breeds so hard to compare. This is our Golden Laced Wyandotte Princess (or maybe Prince) Leia! Haha trying to answer the age old question of male or female? Any input is appreciated!!
Was told one of my 8 week old BLRW looks like a roo. The only difference I can tell between "him" and the others is the lack of blue lacing. I don't know if that was why it was said to be a roo or not. I dont know much about chicken feathering and I try not to put too much into "males have X...
One on my pullets passed suddenly yesterday which prompted a widespread inspection of the rest of the flock. This is the first year of having chickens and I thought things were going well - aside from the lice, which is another matter.
I have one wyandotte pullet (~4ish months) who has always...
I had 3 SLW hatch out in April. One has a totally flat comb, and one has a large comb. The other is kind of in between, but I'm thinking pullet based off comparing the 3 to each other, it's more similar to the for sure pullet anyways. Originally I thought I had 2 males and a gal though, so...
Wiki says Wyandottes have strawberry combs but I have a couple of black and white hens (from a previous owner so idk the hatchery) with cushion combs. At first I thought they might be Sussex hens but that breed is single comb. Then maybe Brahmans? But no feathered legs and those guys are pea...
I got these cuties from TSC a couple weeks ago. The employee told me they were Silver-Laced Wyandottes, but they started growing these adorable crests! Any clue what they might be mixed with? I’m a chicken community newbie and the only crested breeds I can think of are polish and silkies.