GLW with a single comb?

[2ndTink]

They had a large selection and inept employees so its not surprising.

I like them anyway, especially the big black girls.View attachment 4236241

That's a gorgeous flock

 

[Bsmac]

GLW are awesome birds! They are beautiful! We have a couple of them. Very friendly and decent layers too! I got a couple of chicks from an Amish friend for free! I wish now I would have gotten a couple more!

 

[AinaWGSD]

Single combs are recessive, so they can hide for sometimes several generations before a hen and a rooster with a hidden single comb gene pairs up and produces a single combed chick. It's a common fault in hatchery wyandottes but it does crop up from time to time in breeder stock too.

 

[TheChickenGirl16]

I think her and another similar looking one are blue laced red wyandotte's, rural king sold them as GLW.

I also got a few big black ones instead of barred rocks from RK.

That’s super neat! But they’re Wyandottes, and that’s what matters!
I have been looking for BLRWs all over.

They had a large selection and inept employees so its not surprising.

I like them anyway, especially the big black girls.View attachment 4236241

Are the black girls possibly BSL?
I have Austrilorps and Jersey Giants, but they look different!

 

[ArgusNavis]

One is definitely a BSL but the others all look different from each other in terms of size and color.

 

[AinaWGSD]

Color-wise they all make sense for BSL. The amount of red leakage in BSL varies wildly from individual bird to bird. I wouldn't expect as much variability in size if they all came from the same source, but demand being as high as it was this year the hatcheries may have had different breeding pens set up than usual.

 

[TheChickenGirl16]

One is definitely a BSL but the others all look different from each other in terms of size and color. View attachment 4236796View attachment 4236797View attachment 4236798

Yes! Those are all BSL!
The Black Sex Link has been my 2nd best layer in all the flocks I’ve had!
They are absolutely GORGEOUS!!

I have had 3 before, but only have one now. Here she is!

 

[ArgusNavis]

Do BSL have yellow soles on their feet?

The girl in the first picture has yellow soles and is much larger than the others.

 

[Bsmac]

One is definitely a BSL but the others all look different from each other in terms of size and color. View attachment 4236796View attachment 4236797View attachment 4236798

She`s a pretty bird!

 

[7kiariders]

Hey guys,
Interesting comb question.

I bought 2 GLW day-old chicks from TSC.
They are about 20 weeks now.
Both are indeed, GLW, but one of them has a single comb.
How is this possible.
Might she not be pure bred?

First two pictures are the rose comb one. And second 2 are the single comb.

I have 2 GLW from TSC and they have single combs as well