Blue Laced Red Wyandottes

[mullers3acers]

Does anyone else have this breed of chickens? What luck have you had with them they are a gorgeous bird.

 

[Katy]

I just hatched my first ones last November and they are just now starting to lay. They are my most friendly birds. The younger ones that I've hatched since then are also very calm and friendly. I've been told that they don't lay that well, but I don't know how mine will do yet. They are definately eye candy tho!!

 

[mullers3acers]

Did they grow slowly at first?We've had them since the first of march and they not that big.

 

[Flyman39]

I have two adults and I just purchased 5 more 8 weeks old. I hope to have many many more in the future. I love them. I think they are the prettiest breed I have ever seen. They are good layers from what I can tell. My one hen lays every day.

 

[Katy]

I don't think they've grown any slower than the others have. The hens and roos are a nice size.

Flyman....it's good to hear that yous are laying well.

 

[Flyman39]

Thank you Katy. I just have the one hen so I don't know about the breed as a whole but she does really well. I started with 15 from mcmurray and only had two hens out of 15. I lost the other hen to a hawk. The rest of the roosters I sold. I am hoping to hatch some more in the hear future. Here she is. She looks a little rough because of the over active rooster I had in with my hens. I have since removed him and she should get her feathers back soon.

 

[mullers3acers]

I have 3 hens and 1 roo and plan on hatching more when they mature. So they don't interbreed I plan on setting up a run just for them.
How long should I keep the hens and roo together or should I separate them at all?

 

[Katy]

Here's a picture of some of

the older group

 

[scgamecock]

I have 3 hens and they are the splash color like most of Katy's.They came from McMurray as straight run and all 3 were pullets.They lay fairly decent when they stay off the nest.

 

[Flyman39]

I know that there are three different colors of BLReds. Would you guys consider the hen to be a blue and the rooster to be a splash? That's what I am thinking but I am not convinced.