Blue Laced Red Wyandotte THREAD!

[ChickNanny13]

We just bought a new girl for our flock. I'd be interested to hear your opinions of her

I'm new to this chicken business but I think she's got great body shape, coloring (legs do need more yellow), really like her shape.

 

[gladahmae]

I need some "coop shuffle" advice. I've been housing my new cockerel in of of my meat chicken tractors (for quarantine originally, but now because I'm not sure where to put him), but I don't like the idea of keeping him out there until we get snow.....which could be in a month.

I have my main layer coop, where my blue wyandotte boy is. I've got my silkie coop. And then I have my grow-out coop. Currently I have 5 pullets, 11 weeks old IN the coop, and then 8 pullets and 1 cockerel (14-17weeks) UNDER the coop.

My long-term plan is to move all of the non-BLRW pullets into the layer coop.....planning on November so that hopefully they're big enough to hold their own against the older hens, and then put all of the BLRW (the new cockerel and 4 pullets total) in the growout coop for the winter. The extra young cockerel is being grown out for the table and can get put pretty much anywhere. I'm not concerned about him.

The thing is, this BLRW cockerel is pretty big compared to the pullets at this point....he's about 6mo old, so I'm really hesitant about putting him in with the older pullets (the 14-17 weekers). Do I need to wait longer? Give him some of the older hens from the layer coop to teach him "manners" or just get over it and put him in with the older pullets and pull the extra cockerel out and put HIM in the meat tractor?

 

[dajen]

she is very ugly..please pack her up and send her here..we have a special barn for ugly girls like that..


She is about perfect..maybe a little small, needs a little more yellow on legs, and some feather shafting..but that is minor and can eventually be fixed with correct breeding. She will give you beautiful baby's. Find her a huge male with good feathering, yellow legs, and a big head.
I would be interested in what she weighs.

Thanks everyone for their input. Yes she is a little small but her type is what I liked about her. I never really looked, until you mentioned it, at the color of her legs and yes more yellow is needed. We will be breeding her to our Foley rooster and hope to improve.

 

[delisha]

Quote: That will work.

I need some "coop shuffle" advice. I've been housing my new cockerel in of of my meat chicken tractors (for quarantine originally, but now because I'm not sure where to put him), but I don't like the idea of keeping him out there until we get snow.....which could be in a month.

I have my main layer coop, where my blue wyandotte boy is. I've got my silkie coop. And then I have my grow-out coop. Currently I have 5 pullets, 11 weeks old IN the coop, and then 8 pullets and 1 cockerel (14-17weeks) UNDER the coop.

My long-term plan is to move all of the non-BLRW pullets into the layer coop.....planning on November so that hopefully they're big enough to hold their own against the older hens, and then put all of the BLRW (the new cockerel and 4 pullets total) in the growout coop for the winter. The extra young cockerel is being grown out for the table and can get put pretty much anywhere. I'm not concerned about him.

The thing is, this BLRW cockerel is pretty big compared to the pullets at this point....he's about 6mo old, so I'm really hesitant about putting him in with the older pullets (the 14-17 weekers). Do I need to wait longer? Give him some of the older hens from the layer coop to teach him "manners" or just get over it and put him in with the older pullets and pull the extra cockerel out and put HIM in the meat tractor?

Put the BLRW all together in an area you can observe if your full quarantine is over. Not only do I quarantine a bird for 30 days, I also add a few of my birds the last two weeks. It is important to add at least one of your established birds to the new bird before you allow them all together.
Why?
Disease and sickness.
Something as simple as pox..and those nasty other diseases go dormant and a host can carry it with out you seeing any out word signs. Some birds recover from a disease and become the wick to spreading it to your whole flock.
When you add one of your birds to the new bird any illness will usually show up in two weeks, you just need to cull the few birds, and not the whole flock. If you let the bird into your population with out this step you could have an unpleasant experience.

 

[ki4got]

I need some "coop shuffle" advice. I've been housing my new cockerel in of of my meat chicken tractors (for quarantine originally, but now because I'm not sure where to put him), but I don't like the idea of keeping him out there until we get snow.....which could be in a month.

I have my main layer coop, where my blue wyandotte boy is. I've got my silkie coop. And then I have my grow-out coop. Currently I have 5 pullets, 11 weeks old IN the coop, and then 8 pullets and 1 cockerel (14-17weeks) UNDER the coop.

My long-term plan is to move all of the non-BLRW pullets into the layer coop.....planning on November so that hopefully they're big enough to hold their own against the older hens, and then put all of the BLRW (the new cockerel and 4 pullets total) in the growout coop for the winter. The extra young cockerel is being grown out for the table and can get put pretty much anywhere. I'm not concerned about him.

The thing is, this BLRW cockerel is pretty big compared to the pullets at this point....he's about 6mo old, so I'm really hesitant about putting him in with the older pullets (the 14-17 weekers). Do I need to wait longer? Give him some of the older hens from the layer coop to teach him "manners" or just get over it and put him in with the older pullets and pull the extra cockerel out and put HIM in the meat tractor?

I would say, for now, give him 2-3 older hens that don't put up with crap from the younger ones... put them in HIS pen for now. then once he's sufficiently mellowed, you can stick him in the egg coop with the rest of the girls and he'll already have a couple buddies.

 

[gladahmae]

That will work.

Put the BLRW all together in an area you can observe if your full quarantine is over. Not only do I quarantine a bird for 30 days, I also add a few of my birds the last two weeks. It is important to add at least one of your established birds to the new bird before you allow them all together.
Why?
Disease and sickness.
Something as simple as pox..and those nasty other diseases go dormant and a host can carry it with out you seeing any out word signs. Some birds recover from a disease and become the wick to spreading it to your whole flock.
When you add one of your birds to the new bird any illness will usually show up in two weeks, you just need to cull the few birds, and not the whole flock. If you let the bird into your population with out this step you could have an unpleasant experience.

He's been out there for almost 4 weeks now. Hmmm.....now which girls to give him. Probably my cranky-pants white rock, and an EE. Will have to think about it.

I would say, for now, give him 2-3 older hens that don't put up with crap from the younger ones... put them in HIS pen for now. then once he's sufficiently mellowed, you can stick him in the egg coop with the rest of the girls and he'll already have a couple buddies.

Could I give him a few hens, give them a couple of weeks and then put them in with the mid-aged pullets for a week and then take the hens out and leave just the pullets? I don't want to disrupt my layer coop too much, and I've already got a nice roo in with my layers, so I can't add the BLR in there.




I think I need more coops. Too bad that isn't going to happen this year.

 

[gallito1982]

hi everyone! Im new to this site but im a real chicken lover i have a small group of 10 dominiques(still baby chicks), 3 cuckoo marans and ithis past sunday i stop by a small hatchery and pick 2 blue laced red wyandotte, the guy told me the bigger one is a 1 week old hen and small one which is 3/4 days oldunknow sex, but i been reading in here and it looks like the small one (1st pic) could be a splash!?!? Im very new to this breed, so if anyone can tell if theyre gonna be blue, splash or? Thanks

 

[uphilljill]

We just bought a new girl for our flock. I'd be interested to hear your opinions of her.

Lovely girl!

 

[delisha]

hi everyone! Im new to this site but im a real chicken lover i have a small group of 10 dominiques(still baby chicks), 3 cuckoo marans and ithis past sunday i stop by a small hatchery and pick 2 blue laced red wyandotte, the guy told me the bigger one is a 1 week old hen and small one which is 3/4 days oldunknow sex, but i been reading in here and it looks like the small one (1st pic) could be a splash!?!? Im very new to this breed, so if anyone can tell if theyre gonna be blue, splash or? Thanks

hmmm

sexing chicks this young is pretty hard unless they are cross bred for auto sexing.
I would say they are both at least a gold laced blue..not sure since they are too young. That gold color is very pale

 

[ChickNanny13]

Thanks everyone for their input. Yes she is a little small but her type is what I liked about her. I never really looked, until you mentioned it, at the color of her legs and yes more yellow is needed. We will be breeding her to our Foley rooster and hope to improve.

He's HANDSOME! Should get very nice looking chicks between the two. Have fun...