Blue Laced Red Wyandotte THREAD!

[TravisE]

what do yall thank of my rooster? he turned 18 weeks yesterday.

 

[delisha]

what do yall thank of my rooster? he turned 18 weeks yesterday.

I would need more pictures.
Front, side, rear, over the top. Close up of the head.

 

[TravisE]

here's more pics. please excuse his muddy face. ive tried to keep the run dry but with rain every evening. its impossible. also he came from nava.

 

[delisha]

Thank you for taking more pictures..it really helps with assessment. I can only go by pictures and not the bird. I am doing this for education. I am not doing it to criticize the bird or the breeder, sometimes I am blunt and people get offended. It is not my intent and please do not take it that way.

He is young and his lacing will change. I do not like his lacing at this age. I would like to see him in 6 weeks to evaluate if his lacing has improved or not. Right now it is way to immature and shows only baby lacing. Many do not get in proper lacing till mature molt at 9 months or older. For color I see too much orange shafting. That also might change and deepen in 6 more weeks, but i do not think enough. This is not that important and can be improved with the correct hens.

Now for the most important. The body structure. If you look at his over head pictures you see length over width. He looks a little too long, but, not bad, however, it makes his rear look too narrow, with out a concave sweep. The front of his body in the over head picture looks correct. Rounded, flat at the shoulders, perfect. If his rear widens you will be good. You will get the correct 40 degree tail. However if you look at his leg placement they are close together, that is indictive of having a narrow rear. In a few pictures it looks like he is resting on the backs of his feet. Legs need to be a hand widths apart. His comb look good for this age. You might want to double check to make sure he does not have a slight cross beak. It might be mud I see. Keep an eye on it all the same.

All in all I would not cull this bird at this time. He has some nice things about him. He is an improvement over many birds I do see on here. I would not make a decision to use him in a breeding program yet. Be patient and feed him. Give him some good meat proteins and widen this bird for the next 6 weeks. I think he will improve a lot with time. Remember that many males need 18 months. Be patient.

Please post more pictures in September. I would like to know how much he weighs too at that time. At 8 months a solid 7lbs or more is a good goal. At 12 months a solid 8 lbs. Adding meat proteins to young birds diets helps with width and weights.

 

[TravisE]

Thanks for your assessment. Also he doesn't have any cross beak. I will post some more pics in future.
Thanks again

 

[delisha]

I wanted to show how much lacing can change.

This was taken about 14 days ago


shafting is visable and bad lacing. The color is too light....but the structure is pretty darn good for a young chick. Even in this one picture you can see he is going to be round. He is balanced. His lower chest has not come in yet but it will. I got this beautiful bird from Max. He reminds me of the little pullet that K posted.

This is him today


All of that shafting is turning into lacing. It is still pretty bad but it will get more delicate. The color is deepening and it is loosing all of that orange. If you look at his color in his neck it is mahogany and so is his wing color.
Look at that chest coming in. It is like a round basket ball.


He was jumping off the table but look at that rear and legs. I can already place one hand between his legs. He is going to have a really wide rear.


This is a poor overview, however you can see he is a round ball and his tail is coming up. He is not too short backed. Nice short neck that has a beautiful arch. Beautiful wide head.

Thanks Max for this simply spectacular bird. I could not have asked for a better black. That splash male I have is not bad either. He has nice deep color for a splash and will be beautiful.

 

[ki4got]

I wanted to show how much lacing can change.

This was taken about 14 days ago


shafting is visable and bad lacing. The color is too light....but the structure is pretty darn good for a young chick. Even in this one picture you can see he is going to be round. He is balanced. His lower chest has not come in yet but it will. I got this beautiful bird from Max. He reminds me of the little pullet that K posted.

This is him today


All of that shafting is turning into lacing. It is still pretty bad but it will get more delicate. The color is deepening and it is loosing all of that orange. If you look at his color in his neck it is mahogany and so is his wing color.
Look at that chest coming in. It is like a round basket ball.


He was jumping off the table but look at that rear and legs. I can already place one hand between his legs. He is going to have a really wide rear.


This is a poor overview, however you can see he is a round ball and his tail is coming up. He is not too short backed. Nice short neck that has a beautiful arch. Beautiful wide head.

Thanks Max for this simply spectacular bird. I could not have asked for a better black. That splash male I have is not bad either. He has nice deep color for a splash and will be beautiful.

thanks for the pics... he is a nice looking boy. but if I do say so, I like MY boys better.

ok, well they're not mine yet, but they will be. in September. LOL

 

[TravisE]

what about this rooster, its brother. do you thank its a better choose?

 

[delisha]

I like this bird 100% more. His body structure is so much better. His color is too. I want to wash him and take a good look. lol..he still has that narrow rear however it is wider than your other bird. I like him..

 

[delisha]

Quote: You should like him better..he is going to be yours..however..

my bird is much better in construction. In 3 months lets compare. Weigh your bird too. This fella is already 5lbs and a baby. He is going to be a tank. You do have a better pullet than I do.