Blue Laced Red Wyandotte THREAD!

[delisha]

Here is our 7 week old BLRW. Would love to hear everyones opinion on gender and quality of the bird. The lady we received the hatching eggs from said from what she has hatched ( a lot from what we understand) she says hen. and we have posted in some other threads but are still unsure. We only had one BLRW hatch with this one so we don't have another to compare to!





And here is our 3 1/2 week old BLRW from a different hatch.

Top is male..bottom might be too. To early for me to tell..I will leave that to the experts

I love the slate blue of these chicks. I see some brassiness in some feathers but that might change

. I do like the Mahogany in the feathers I am seeing. Beautiful eye, nice soft horn color starting on a nice short beak in both chicks. Nice head in top chick. Take monthly pictures and watch them. See if the color gets deeper and you loose brassiness. I like them for this age.

 

[aceschix]

The 7 week old is a boy. The second one is still to young to know for sure.
Quote: Agreed!

Leaning 60% 40% roo on the second one

 

[Gallus Sapien]

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I am going to have to go fix my signature it is missing a dot ...this should be correct now.

Yes. I clicked on it earlier and my computer tried to send you and email. I will try to copy and paste it into my browser.

erijn5 I had the same problem...and FYI it is still not blue on my end ...just thought I would let you know

 

[Gallus Sapien]

I appreciate comments like this. It is refreshing and honest.

If you are going to post a picture on a BLRW thread of a bird that doesn't show an accurate representation of what the breed should be, then be prepared to hear other peoples comments. Especially if you ask for them. He is a "pet quality" BLRW. There are many people working very hard to move this breed forward and I have personally seen way too many birds on here that are a disgrace to this breed. If we aren't honest with people about the quality of their birds (especially when asking) then people won't learn. If the owner was considering breeding this bird and everyone on here said "nice roo" then they may feel more inclined to do so. Which would only add to the gene pool more BLRWs that do not give a good representation of this breed, thus moving it backwards instead of forward.
I am by no means suggesting people should be rude! (And if I came across as such, I'm sorry!) There is always a nice way to say something honestly. Delisha's comment was in my opinion nice.
That all said, I am the proud owner of several "pet quality" BLRWs and LOVE them just the same! However, I would never breed them and I have been open to opinions when posting my birds on this thread. I hope everyone would be honest with me when I'm asking for opinions, it's how I learn.

I agree with you Salinas...Being honest is the best policy...it is the best way to learn...instructive criticism is how we improve and move forward...delisha

....As for pets, my favorite birds are so mixed you would not know where to start....

 

[DEBUS CHICKS]

Just got 3 Blue laced, one day old hope they turn out to be as pretty as these!

 

[TravisE]

i got 13 blue laced wyandotte chicks on thursday from nava

. here is a picture of them.

 

[delisha]

i got 13 blue laced wyandotte chicks on thursday from nava

. here is a picture of them.

adorable

 

[delisha]

Most of my egg laying flock is mixed.
35 years ago I started with a box of chicks from my daughters dad. I could not tell you what they were. I can only remember crying. I told him I did not want chickens. I had my ducks, horses, lambs, pigs, and goats. My only experience with chickens was cleaning out my grandmas coop and the smell was horrible. I hated the roosters because they were so mean and the hens pecked you when you got eggs.
I started with that box of chickens, and when my daughter was old enough for 4h we purchased some really nice WR from a neighbor. I have all of those same lines in my chickens. I never purchased from a hatchery. I honestly did not even know so many existed until I came on here. I live in farm community and a new chicken is down the road or at the next show. My hens had chicks and I did not know who was the father of what chicken. I did not start selective breeding until my daughter started to win at some shows with those WR. We also ordered Cornish X when they got popular and those are in my lines also. If you look at my group of mixed birds, you can see the beautiful rock body, and the Cornish heads. I hope to have these birds for another 20 years. They lay well, forage well, are good mothers, and predator wary. (the cornish X were also down at the next farmers).

 

[lareynadenada]

OK, before I say anything please note that I do not raise to sell, I only have PET Quality I just incubated some eggs from my Wyandottes to replace some layers that were egg-eaters. This chick is about 4 weeks old and came from a pen with SLW and BLR splash hens and a BLR splash roo,,,,,,,,,,,,is this chick a splash? doesn't look like anything I have hatched before

 

[moomoodiddy]

Most of my egg laying flock is mixed.
35 years ago I started with a box of chicks from my daughters dad. I could not tell you what they were. I can only remember crying. I told him I did not want chickens. I had my ducks, horses, lambs, pigs, and goats.  My only experience with chickens was cleaning out my grandmas coop and the smell was horrible. I hated the roosters because they were so mean and the hens pecked you when you got eggs.
I started with that box of chickens, and when my daughter was old enough for 4h we purchased some really nice WR from a neighbor. I have all of those same lines in my chickens. I never purchased from a hatchery. I honestly did not even know so many existed until I came on here. I live in farm community and a new chicken is down the road or at the next show.  My hens had chicks and I did not know who was the father of what chicken. I did not start selective breeding until my daughter started to win at some shows with those WR. We also ordered Cornish X when they got popular and those are in my lines also. If you look at my group of mixed birds, you can see the beautiful rock body, and the Cornish heads. I hope to have these birds for another 20 years. They lay well, forage well, are good mothers, and predator wary. (the cornish X were also down at the next farmers).

my aunt was the exact same way she grew up on an egg farm were the chickens erre not pets but now she loves all of my chickens