Blue Laced Red Wyandotte THREAD!

[Chickenhill]

There are many breeds of birds that are *laced*. I have not heard of a breed called *laced*. Laced usually refers to the color pattern on the feather.
Lets talk about old males..This is a 14lb 3 year old Orpington..I used a 5 gallon cooler.
rinsed and placed the bird inside the cooler. Cover with ice and add...(1/2 cup kosher salt and 1 cup of brown sugar and 1 cup apple juice cooked on the stove to dissolve the sugar and salt). I just added ice every day and kept the bird covered in liquid for 5 days.
Baked with 1/2 apple juice and 1/2 cup water 300 for 3 hours. 325 for one hour 400 for 15 minutes to brown the skin.
I use glass for old birds. I do not want to reflect

Okay, finally get it thanks for taking the time to explain in more laymen terms

 

[Countrypunk92]

his is a perfectly normal colored egg. Some eggs will hve more spots than others. The spots will come and go. When a pullets starts to lay her tract is just starting and all kinds of odd things can happen with eggs..it is all perfectly normal and makes each bird unique and special.
I eat my birds and Wyandottes have really good flavor profiles. I do butcher some of them really young. My line is nice and chunky and I can get some nice fat chicks. I ferment my feed and give them a large portion of meat proteins. I use a scale. 3-5lb I butcher. I soak them 24 hours in ice water and salt to let them rest before storage.

I love the color on this bird...that is perfect slate blue..

I agree, lacing looks like it is coming in nicely too.

 

[Countrypunk92]

There are many breeds of birds that are *laced*. I have not heard of a breed called *laced*. Laced usually refers to the color pattern on the feather.
Lets talk about old males..This is a 14lb 3 year old Orpington..I used a 5 gallon cooler.
rinsed and placed the bird inside the cooler. Cover with ice and add...(1/2 cup kosher salt and 1 cup of brown sugar and 1 cup apple juice cooked on the stove to dissolve the sugar and salt). I just added ice every day and kept the bird covered in liquid for 5 days.
Baked with 1/2 apple juice and 1/2 cup water 300 for 3 hours. 325 for one hour 400 for 15 minutes to brown the skin.
I use glass for old birds. I do not want to reflect more heat.

WOW, that looks like a small turkey!!! That bird was massive!

 

[Fancychooklady]

These little guys hatched yesterday. One of the eggs was blrw roo over glw hen. I know it hatched , just haven't identified it yet.

 

[Avlana]

These little guys hatched yesterday. One of the eggs was blrw roo over glw hen. I know it hatched , just haven't identified it yet.

Adorable You take amazing pictures!

 

[Fancychooklady]

Thank you.

I love to see the little egg tooth.

 

[TexasFreeRanger]

So cute! I was looking at hatcheries last night to get me out of my rooster funk but I think I'll wait until I decide what to do with my current batch. I should get rid of them before I become even more attached but I'm hoping beyond hope that one has a spontaneous sex change lol.

 

[ki4got]

Question, sorry to interrupt. Is there a chicken called "laced"? I am aware silver's and blue/red, my brother was going to purchase one laced bird for 30$. Too rich for my blood. Anyways have any of you heard of just a laced? Thanks for your time.

laced will always have a color attached... there are silver laced (white with black outline) gold laced (gold with black outline) blue laced red (red with blue/splash/black outline) and buff laced (buff with white outline).

as for price, it depends on the breed and color variety and quality of the individual bird (body type and color quality)... I paid more than that for my blue laced red Wyandottes, and the sliver laced bantam cochin rooster I'm getting is closer to $70 including the shipping...

 

[lazy gardener]

I have been doing some reading on this thread, as I am intrigued with BLRW. Thinking about adding a couple to my flock. The little bit of reading I am doing is raising more questions than it is answering, so, I hope someone will take the time to educate me.

I have a small (currently 5 girls) flock, allow some free range when I am home, otherwise they are in an electronet run. My understanding is that they are slow to mature, cold hardy, good winter layers. I am choosing to add rose and pea combed birds as I am in zone 4. So, here goes with the questions: I'm reading comments about blue/black/splash lacing which leads me to believe that the genetics are similar to the BBS Ameraucanas.

~~Do they breed true?

How is their behavior? Where do they typically land in the pecking order? (I have EE, BSL, RIR and will be getting Dominiques, perhaps Brown RC Leghorns) Are they any more noisy than other hens?

If I choose hatchery birds, what quality am I likely to see? I am not interested in SQ, just want nice looking birds without genetic defects.

Finally, for any one with some expertise in genetics: What's the outcome likely to look like when crossing pea combed birds with Rose combed birds? Is one comb dominant?

 

[Countrypunk92]

I will try my best to answe your questions best to my knowledge. Wyandottes are docile and not very flighty or loud. They are not the friendliest ( meaning they just do their thing and not always up in your grill lol)
They do not breed true, it is B/B/S.

With a hatchery you can expect mostly splash. And the lacing isn't as great. Also I haven't found a hatchery with great Wyandotte type... but McMurray is your best bet. Also you might have a few with straight combs.

Just depends on your pecking order after your birds grow up they will most likely be in lower ranks due to the age and size. they are in thehens territory so they have to establish where they go... but dottes do pretty good on standing up for themselves.

Don't know genetics at heart like some. But I do know Rose Comb is a dominant trait... but I also think Pea comb is to... someone will have to chime in on that.