Blue Laced Red Wyandotte THREAD!

[CashandTracy]

Just make sure you're being REALLY REALLY CAREFUL about using/securing/monitoring it. Over in the Michigan thread (and it's a whopping 9 degrees here this morning) the standing consensus is to avoid heaters, period. If you have an unheated garage or basement or breezeway/mudroom where the outdoor temperatures are moderated by the building I would put them in there for a week or 2. (I don't have any of those, so I understand how this can be an issue, and it's why I don't hatch between October and March.) I'm sure you've considered it, but it's always a good reminder, especially since a lot of people read but don't post.

Farmer Viola, I would HIGHLY recommend against a space heater. We had a guy burn down his coop and house and scorch the neighbors house because his birds knocked over a space heater in the coop. I was able to get my 8 week old pullets out at the beginning of December and the temps were in the teens at night. I just have one heat lamp in the coop with a shatter proof bulb in it. I only use it on the coldest night/days.

I just got them used to the cold by turning off all heat sources in the room that the birds were in once they were feathered out at 6 weeks old, and then I started taking them out side for short periods of time until they were able to tolerate it for an hour. I knew they were ok because they were scratching around for treats. I picked a "warm" day to leave them out for the first time, checked on them frequently and brought them in that first night, the next day I left them out all day and all night, and they have been out ever since with no problems. Just do it slowly and keep an eye on your birds.

 

[CashandTracy]

Some one had posted a while ago about picking the best type based on "Three Circles." A Wyandotte should be viewed at with circles, one around the head, one around the body and the third I can't remember where. I'm not sure on which Wyandotte thread I read it on, but I didn't write it down, and I should have. Would who ever posted it repost please!!!!

I would be ever so grateful!! I am going to start on a project/journey of improving the BLRW bantams I have available, and I want to make sure I am breeding the right type.

Also if some one could post a pic of an inverted comb, I wold really appreciate it. I am having a hard time visualizing it without seeing it.


Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!

 

[Farmer Viola]

Farmer Viola, I would HIGHLY recommend against a space heater. We had a guy burn down his coop and house and scorch the neighbors house because his birds knocked over a space heater in the coop. I was able to get my 8 week old pullets out at the beginning of December and the temps were in the teens at night. I just have one heat lamp in the coop with a shatter proof bulb in it. I only use it on the coldest night/days.

I just got them used to the cold by turning off all heat sources in the room that the birds were in once they were feathered out at 6 weeks old, and then I started taking them out side for short periods of time until they were able to tolerate it for an hour. I knew they were ok because they were scratching around for treats. I picked a "warm" day to leave them out for the first time, checked on them frequently and brought them in that first night, the next day I left them out all day and all night, and they have been out ever since with no problems. Just do it slowly and keep an eye on your birds.

Thanks so much for your concern! I, too, am terrified of a coop fire. However, I believe that a heat lamp offers just as much risk as a space heater, if not more. Someone locally just had a coop burn down because a heat lamp fell down onto bedding. I could see myself creating a spider web of ropes to hold it up from 10 different angles... LOL

Anyhow, I'm not going to use a heater or a bulb. I'm going to use my Brinsea EcoGlow brooder (it gives ambient heat, it's large and flat, they can sit under or over it) inside of a cardboard box to trap heat, with straw bedding. Does this pose any fire risk? The Chicken Chick claims there is no risk of fire....

Here is the post where I updated my new, revised transition plan (with pics). They are going to go outside during daytime ONLY, with the brooder available, for 3-4 days. Then, they will also have the brooder available at nighttime in the coop after that. What do you think?

 

[DMRippy]

Quote: I would also recommend adding some plastic cover at ground level since that is at their height and they will get the draft down low.

 

[Staciaw755]

I have a questions about colors. I am a little confused right now. My aunt bred her splash hen and black laced roo and got chicks that were BLUE, no lacing at all. What happened there? I know if you breed a splash and black lace you should get blue laced right? Here are the chicks, or would they have black lacing? I am new to this and trying to understand it lol

 

[ki4got]

I have a questions about colors. I am a little confused right now. My aunt bred her splash hen and black laced roo and got chicks that were BLUE, no lacing at all. What happened there? I know if you breed a splash and black lace you should get blue laced right? Here are the chicks, or would they have black lacing? I am new to this and trying to understand it lol

was the mother a splash, or splash laced red? both parents have to be laced in order for the lacing to pass on correctly. if one was just a splash and only one laced, then you have basically a normal blue.

 

[Staciaw755]

was the mother a splash, or splash laced red?  both parents have to be laced in order for the lacing to pass on correctly. if one was just a splash and only one laced, then you have basically a normal blue.

Here's mom and dad

 

[DMRippy]

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Dad is blue. They should be laced yes.... could there be another bird in the mix? Can you get a better pic of dads chest? he may not be laced completely.

A black bird will have a green sheen and no gray feathers.

 

[Countrypunk92]

I zoomed in with my laptop and I see a few places there is some lacing, but looks mainly just blue..

 

[CashandTracy]

Thanks so much for your concern! I, too, am terrified of a coop fire. However, I believe that a heat lamp offers just as much risk as a space heater, if not more. Someone locally just had a coop burn down because a heat lamp fell down onto bedding. I could see myself creating a spider web of ropes to hold it up from 10 different angles... LOL

Anyhow, I'm not going to use a heater or a bulb. I'm going to use my Brinsea EcoGlow brooder (it gives ambient heat, it's large and flat, they can sit under or over it) inside of a cardboard box to trap heat, with straw bedding. Does this pose any fire risk? The Chicken Chick claims there is no risk of fire....

Here is the post where I updated my new, revised transition plan (with pics). They are going to go outside during daytime ONLY, with the brooder available, for 3-4 days. Then, they will also have the brooder available at nighttime in the coop after that. What do you think?

I should have continued reading the posts before I posted, opsie!

I think your transition plan sounds great. I'm not sure about the fire risk with your EcoGlow, but based on what I have read it should be safe, defiantly safer than a heater or bulb. I have my heat lamp hung with a chain and rope to keep it in place, and I don't have it on unless it's very cold out.