Blue Laced Red Wyandotte THREAD!

[DMRippy]

Egg color difference? I'm getting a set of both eggs. Want to know if I will be able to tell the difference.

No there is no difference in the egg color. If you get Blue laced Red Wyandottes you will likely get Blue, black and Splash and they all come from the same eggs.

 

[Alwayswantchics]

Ok. I will have to wait till they hatch. Ty.

 

[Soltaria]

those circled areas look like 2 individual feathers overlapped... they don't have a gold outer edge. what you're seeing is an entire second feather under the first.

if I'm wrong, pluck the feather or snip it off with scissors (I'd pluck, it'll grow back faster) and take a pic of it...

Got a feather successfully plucked!

 

[Sclark73]

Got a feather successfully plucked!

It is actually pretty but the color seems way too light to be a blue laced red I would think, more like previous said a Gold Laced. I don't know anything about why the feathers are like that and I'm sure someone on here is with all the knowledgeable people on here.

 

[DMRippy]

Quote: I have had feathers like that on my SLW from Foley. Don't know what causes it but it is a breed thing.

 

[PeakyBeaky]

It is actually pretty but the color seems way too light to be a blue laced red I would think, more like previous said a Gold Laced. I don't know anything about why the feathers are like that and I'm sure someone on here is with all the knowledgeable people on here.

 

[Soltaria]

Thanks guys. She was an extra so I'm not too worried about her not being a blue. The breast feathers like that are gorgeous on her. I think I'll name her Lacey.

 

[mstrawn3]

And for every 100 birds we hatch-you are lucky to keep 1-2 for breeding/showing.

X2...BLRW's have come a long way but still have a ways to go.

 

[StarMeKritten]

I'm pretty new to blr wyandottes. I bought some hatching eggs from someone local several months ago. Unfortunately, only 2 hatched and they both look like boys. They are 2 months old now. Sooner or later, I'm going to have to decide which (if either) I want to keep. Their "red" is a little light but the newer feathers coming in are much darker. I'll probably wait until they have all of their adult feathering before I make a decision. Meanwhile, I am curious about something. I have noticed in the photos that I've seen that the roosters seem to have solid colored saddle feathers. Is that normal? Are laced saddle feathers considered a fault? My light blue/ splash (I'm not quite sure which yet!) male seems to have more solid colored saddle feathers coming in, but the black one has lacing all over. Is this something that I should take in to consideration when deciding which to keep?

 

[ameeks]

The beginning of my Blue Laced Red Wyandotte adventure! I'm so excited!