Blue Laced Red Wyandotte THREAD!

[CashandTracy]

The three circles for the Wyandotte:

The method involves 3 circles. First picture a circle overlaying the body itself. The body mass should conform to the shape of a circle. Then picture a smaller circle higher & to the rear. This should describe the arch of the tail. Picture a third circle higher still & to the front. This should describe the arch of the neck & the shape of the head. To evaluate the head of a Wyandotte make a circle with your thumb & index finger. Look at the head through this circle. A good Wyandotte head should fit within this circle. Especially important is the shape of the beak, it should be "short & well curved". I see many with thin pointy beaks & this is just wrong.

Next time you're at a show look at the winning Wyandottes using this tool & you'll see it.

Quote by NYREDS (Judge)

This is just an example if my interpretation:


The top circle should be pulled down lower but I was too lazy to fix it.

Thank you so much! I knew I could count on the BYC community to help me out!

Is it same to assume that this also applies to bantams??

 

[ki4got]

ok... *bang head here* something or someone is telling me I shouldn't attempt bantam blrw, I think...

I found my ONLY bantam blrw pullet minus her head this morning. partially pulled thru the wire of her pen... my blue mottled bantam cochin roo is also missing from that same pen, and I lost 3 Swedish flower youngsters too (same as the pullet)...

so now that leaves me (again) with a nice bantam blrw roo who has no mate and is now going on 3 and only 1 offspring thus far (a cockerel!) and my bantam cochins are hen-heavy, including 2 blue mottled, 1 blue split mottled, 3 reds and 3 silver laced. none of whom have roos now.

 

[carriebain]

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ok... *bang head here* something or someone is telling me I shouldn't attempt bantam blrw, I think...

I found my ONLY bantam blrw pullet minus her head this morning. partially pulled thru the wire of her pen... my blue mottled bantam cochin roo is also missing from that same pen, and I lost 3 Swedish flower youngsters too (same as the pullet)...

so now that leaves me (again) with a nice bantam blrw roo who has no mate and is now going on 3 and only 1 offspring thus far (a cockerel!) and my bantam cochins are hen-heavy, including 2 blue mottled, 1 blue split mottled, 3 reds and 3 silver laced. none of whom have roos now.

I'm so sorry! Don't give up! What do you think killed them, a raccoon?

 

[ki4got]

Quote: yeah most likely... rather than just throwing her away, she's now bait in the live trap... hoping he gets hungry enough to visit again and decide to finish what he started.

then *I'll* finish him...

 

[delisha]

ok... *bang head here* something or someone is telling me I shouldn't attempt bantam blrw, I think...

I found my ONLY bantam blrw pullet minus her head this morning. partially pulled thru the wire of her pen... my blue mottled bantam cochin roo is also missing from that same pen, and I lost 3 Swedish flower youngsters too (same as the pullet)...

so now that leaves me (again) with a nice bantam blrw roo who has no mate and is now going on 3 and only 1 offspring thus far (a cockerel!) and my bantam cochins are hen-heavy, including 2 blue mottled, 1 blue split mottled, 3 reds and 3 silver laced. none of whom have roos now.

I am so sorry..sounds like a mink or a weasel. They never give up and are hard to catch.

 

[carriebain]

yeah most likely...  rather than just throwing her away, she's now bait in the live trap...  hoping he gets hungry enough to visit again and decide to finish what he started.

then *I'll* finish him...

Was she the little bantam you bought at the swap meet? You will catch whatever killed her!

 

[Scott H]

Gotta disagree Vicki.... pulled thru the wire. ...coon. Sorry Karen, so sad.

 

[DMRippy]

Gotta disagree Vicki.... pulled thru the wire. ...coon. Sorry Karen, so sad.

x2 sorry.....

 

[ki4got]

Quote:
yeah my lucky find... yeah right. grrrr.

and i'm thinking coon delisha, whatever took the roo managed to pull him thru the cage wire entirely. mink & weasel never took the carcass, just ate what they wanted and left the rest. these were all pulled thru the wire as much as they could fit. the roo just happened to be the smallest one of the bunch.

 

[striperon]

ok... *bang head here* something or someone is telling me I shouldn't attempt bantam blrw, I think...

I found my ONLY bantam blrw pullet minus her head this morning. partially pulled thru the wire of her pen... my blue mottled bantam cochin roo is also missing from that same pen, and I lost 3 Swedish flower youngsters too (same as the pullet)...

so now that leaves me (again) with a nice bantam blrw roo who has no mate and is now going on 3 and only 1 offspring thus far (a cockerel!) and my bantam cochins are hen-heavy, including 2 blue mottled, 1 blue split mottled, 3 reds and 3 silver laced. none of whom have roos now.