Blue Laced Red Wyandotte THREAD!

[uphilljill]

Very cute peep show, Peaky. Just what I needed to get me thru until we start hatching again in March.

BTW: I love the width between the legs already evident in some of these chicks. Can't wait to see how they look in a few months.

 

[PeakyBeaky]

Very cute peep show, Peaky. Just what I needed to get me thru until we start hatching again in March.

BTW: I love the width between the legs already evident in some of these chicks. Can't wait to see how they look in a few months.

 

[Countrypunk92]

I'm hoping to get better pictures outside tomorrow. Here are some I took tonight. She is almost 3 months please let me know what her good/ bad qualities are! Thank you!

From the pics I see,

The Bad: tail looks pinched, but might open with age...

The good: wide head with a Short beak, orange legs, nice wide, red lacing...

ALL of these qualities will change through out the year,she still has ALOT of growing to do! and I also am NOT a show judge or master breeder, so just take these as my opinions, Peaky might give you better insight on it all.... but she looks decent and with a good Black Laced Red Rooster, She could produce some pretty babies.

 

[PeakyBeaky]

From the pics I see,

The Bad: tail looks pinched, but might open with age...

The good: wide head with a Short beak, orange legs, nice wide, red lacing...

ALL of these qualities will change through out the year,she still has ALOT of growing to do! and I also am NOT a show judge or master breeder, so just take these as my opinions, Peaky might give you better insight on it all.... but she looks decent and with a good Black Laced Red Rooster, She could produce some pretty babies.

 

[carriebain]

From the pics I see,

The Bad: tail looks pinched, but might open with age...

The good: wide head with a  Short beak, orange legs, nice wide, red lacing...

ALL of these qualities will change through out the year,she still has ALOT of growing to do! and I also am NOT a show judge or master breeder, so just take these as my opinions, Peaky might give you better insight on it all.... but she looks decent and with a good Black Laced Red Rooster, She could produce some pretty babies.

Thank you for your thoughts. My camera is on my phone, so it isn't the best.

I'm just looking to improve the breed in this area. The closest person who sells chickens is over a hour away, and he just breeds for quantity. I'm getting some hatching eggs from a fee different sources, she is my only wyandotte at the moment and that's why I'm trying to decide if she would be ok to work with. I would love as many opinions as possible and will get better pictures if her today, outside!

 

[DMRippy]

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I would not kick her to the curb. Wait and see what else you get in the others and pair her up right and you will be fine.

 

[delisha]

I'm hoping to get better pictures outside tomorrow. Here are some I took tonight. She is almost 3 months please let me know what her good/ bad qualities are! Thank you!

First just let me say it is almost impossible to judge a bird from pictures...you need to feel the bone structure..
This is a baby and my opinion is based on baby's and different then if it was an adult. Since I can't feel her this is a guess and really does not carry much weight.

I like her comb so far..nice and refined
She has a delicate looking body from the pictures..long and lean..she should be round and fat looking already.
good flat shoulders
Her chest looks like it is coming in and she should have a deep chest. Hopefully it will fill in as she grows and fill out too. I see some nice front end curves starting.
Her rear is narrow boned and comes to a taper. I would not say she is pinched tail at this stage, but it is something to keep an eye on.
I think she will be a good egg layer from length of back as long as her hips widen. Narrow hips lead to egg laying issues and too many kept hens die horrible deaths from egg laying issues. I cull all pinched tailed birds. I do not give them away or sell them.... I do not want any of my birds suffering from defects that can be solved with a sharp knife.
I would add calf manna pellets to her feed to get some muscle on her.
I like her width of leg and leg color, so that makes me think her hips might widen.
I like her red color (It will deepen with age)

I do not like her white neck at all..I personally would not use her in my breeding program for that reason alone. She might work in other breeding programs if it was not in any of the other birds or in the line. You would have to use a black male I think or an extremely dark blue male.

Pullets change a great deal after they start to lay..they..fill out a bit more.

I would keep her in my egg laying flock if her rear spreads..she is very pretty.

 

[carriebain]

I took some pictures of her outside. I do understand how hard it is to judge her on pictures alone! I really, really, appreciate everyone's time!

 

[carriebain]

So when looking at a wyandotte, their bodies should be round and compact? So far I'm understanding her red is a ok color, could be a deeper mahogany. Her comb looks decent, her legs are a good color, but she shouldn't have any white in her neck. I wish I could see a good example in person, I really do learn better hands-on!

 

[Scott H]

She's stinkin' cute!