Blue Laced Red Wyandotte THREAD!

[PeakyBeaky]

We actually are headed to a show next week-all we plan to do today is get our birds and supplies ready.

 

[Countrypunk92]

What show? Where at?

 

[PeakyBeaky]

The PA Farm Show. Harrisburg, PA.

 

[ki4got]

Wait till you see the sick birds at the shows.... you will get even more PARANOID. GRANTED I have not been to many REAL Shows but at the fairs and auctions it is BAD.

I could tell you the HORROR Story of one of my customers..... MG and culling her WHOLE FLOCK from birds she brought home..... better safe than sorry. They don't usually test for the REALLY BAD STUFF.... like MG.

I personally will NEVER show. I just am not set up to quarantine birds for 30 days once they come back home. I have heard one too many stories about sick birds at shows infecting flocks and having to close their flocks forever because of it. I just am not that much of a risk taker.

I will go to shows, but I will not show.

I think it depends on the level of show... I have yet to see any sick birds at anything other than swaps or fairs, while club sponsored shows seem to be a whole different ball of wax...

I HAVE seen birds at the club sponsored shows that should NOT have been shown, but that's something else entirely... like the d'uccle / ee(??) cross that was entered as a bantam cochin. LOL or the cochin that looked like a cross between cochin and bantam Wyandotte. with rose comb and stiff tail feathers.

if you're going to show, be sure of what you are showing before you enter it.

and I can now say, I HAVE shown and enjoyed it immensely. it won't be my last time either. 8)

 

[delisha]

Just wanted to show some pictures of my BLRW

Thank you for posting.you have some very nice birds

 

[delisha]

We actually are headed to a show next week-all we plan to do today is get our birds and supplies ready.

how exciting..after you get them ready..can you post pictures and a list of what you did to prepare them for the show? I am always interested in what others do.

 

[Horseshoe]

Thanks delisha,

I will try to take pictures of some of their combs and see what ya'll think.

 

[Horseshoe]

Here is more pictures

 

[Farmer Viola]

what a handsome guy! were you looking for critique or is he just for us to drool over?

I notice his legs are white, are the hens' skin white too? (not yellow?)
where did you get them from?

 

[Farmer Viola]

Hey... I know this is the Wyandotte thread, but you guys have been so helpful. I was wondering if I can ask for unrelated advice?

I am preparing to move my chicks outside after raising them inside. My DH just built them a brand new coop -- well, it will be finished very soon. It is insulated and completely sealed. The floor is sand and they have 2 roosts (they sleep on the floor currently). They will also have a large enclosed dirt run which is covered by a tarp for the winter rainy season.

They are accustomed to about 70 degrees inside my house. At night, they pile up and they look hot, some of them open mouth pant. I think they are ready to go outside, but I have never made this transition before. Right now, our nights are not freezing, but very close (about 33-35 degrees F). The days are about 45-50 degrees F.

• Are they feathered enough? Is it too soon?
• Should I give supplemental heat?
  I use EcoGlow 50-chick brooders, not heat lamps. I do own heat lamps, but I would prefer not to use them because of fire hazard. I could plug the EcoGlow in inside the coop, but it would not realistically be big enough for more than maybe 8 birds at this size (I have 20). I have 2 EcoGlows but only 1 is available (1 week old chicks using the other).
  I could also put a space heater in there for a little while? Thoughts?
• Will it be OK to make this temp drop at night without much of a transition?
  it's going from 70F to 35F overnight, although it is insulated. And they will pile up for body heat.

Silkies = 7.5 weeks
BLRWs = 6.5 weeks
Welsummers = 6 weeks
Marans = 6 weeks


On to pictures!

Mr BobBob, 6.5 wks (my favorite

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showing feathers under wing

showing lack of feathers on belly


Disco, 7.5wks (roo I think)

showing skin under wing, only non-feathered skin I can find

it seems like silkie feathers won't hold heat as well as regular feathers, am I making this up?

Welsummer pullet, 6wks

skin under wing

belly feathers have not filled in all the way


This is my FBCM Roo, he is the least feathered across all breeds.
All the other FBCM pullets' feathers look very impressive.

under wing skin

belly not filled in yet


thanks in advance and if this is inappropriate for the thread just let me know and I will remove it