Blue Laced Red Wyandotte THREAD!

[moomoodiddy]

has anyone ever tried silking a blrw?

 

[minihorse927]

I will probably get flamed for this but has anyone gotten anything OK looking from McMurray hatchery as far as BLRW? I ordered 25 of them from there and am wondering if I should really be canceling my order from them or not because I have heard good and bad.
ETA: I am not looking for show quality. I just want them as pets/layers. I just want BLRW that actually look like BLRW and not completely crappy.

 

[delisha]

I have another order from someone on BYC coming soon I hope!!. These are not hatchery. I purchased these birds for possible breeding and showing. After culling out pet quality that is my plan. Nothing wrong with hatchery birds. They will grow out great and provide good meals and eggs. I would not recommend purchasing hatchery birds for breeding.

 

[minihorse927]

The more I look and think about it I just think I am going to order eggs/chicks from a breeder. I really don't feel like messing with hatching out eggs right now so I think I am going to aim for late May to early June cause I don't really want to drop my extra cash on chicks/eggs quite yet.

 

[erijn5]

I will probably get flamed for this but has anyone gotten anything OK looking from McMurray hatchery as far as BLRW? I ordered 25 of them from there and am wondering if I should really be canceling my order from them or not because I have heard good and bad.
ETA: I am not looking for show quality. I just want them as pets/layers. I just want BLRW that actually look like BLRW and not completely crappy.

I have some hatching eggs but I will not be taking order for chicks until April...You can see all my birds on my farm page on signature.

 

[PeakyBeaky]

Were incubating, hatching soon-should have some BLR peeps for sale soon.

The more I look and think about it I just think I am going to order eggs/chicks from a breeder. I really don't feel like messing with hatching out eggs right now so I think I am going to aim for late May to early June cause I don't really want to drop my extra cash on chicks/eggs quite yet.

 

[rooster 1918]

Hello I just hatched 9 eggs and I tried to sex them and I got all Roos? Well that better not be right and I was just wondering how to sex them. I really hope. I don't have all Roos

 

[DMRippy]

Hello I just hatched 9 eggs and I tried to sex them and I got all Roos? Well that better not be right and I was just wondering how to sex them. I really hope. I don't have all Roos

How did you sex them? Vent sexing? How good are you at that?

 

[ki4got]

Hello I just hatched 9 eggs and I tried to sex them and I got all Roos? Well that better not be right and I was just wondering how to sex them. I really hope. I don't have all Roos

good luck with that... i have a hard enough time with 8 -10 week olds! LOL

 

[CibolaChooks]

Hello I just hatched 9 eggs and I tried to sex them and I got all Roos? Well that better not be right and I was just wondering how to sex them. I really hope. I don't have all Roos

Ill answer your question and ignore the statements lmao..

Big pet peeve of mine to answer people with the info there asking for.

everything else can come after.

Don't worry vent sexing can be really hard and not that reliable if you haven't had a whole lot of practice. and even then its hard to be accurate is what the pros have told me. just keep your fingers crossed.

Like Ki4got said even at 8-10 wks old it still can be tricky. best to wait for them to grow up to be certain. most people wait till there much older to attempt a guess. When people ask the male or female question and post pics everyone will look for male type feathers coming in and how big and red the combs are getting per the birds young age. at 4 to 6 weeks old is about the earliest you can see roos combs getting noticeably red and bigger than the pullets on the BLRW and that's pretty much all you can do on sexing baby BLRW.