Golden Laced Wyandotte Thread!

[slick4591]

Can anyone tell me who has quality GLW's? I can find hatchery chicks, but I'm looking for the best I can get. I'd really appreciate suggestion and contact info if you have it.

 

[NovaAman]

I love the sound of a new crow. Especially when it freaks out the other chicks. THEY ALL STOP MOVING! LOL.

As for quality chicks, I'd place a thread in the the wanted section for them and see what you get. I know about hatchery chicks. Nothing like getting a strait comb when they aren't supposed to... Not always good pattern/color/feathering. I wish I could remember who I got my first GLW/SLWs from. I got some very nice birds from her last year.

Anyway, Hope you find what you are looking for.

 

[slick4591]

I love the sound of a new crow. Especially when it freaks out the other chicks. THEY ALL STOP MOVING! LOL.

As for quality chicks, I'd place a thread in the the wanted section for them and see what you get. I know about hatchery chicks. Nothing like getting a strait comb when they aren't supposed to... Not always good pattern/color/feathering. I wish I could remember who I got my first GLW/SLWs from. I got some very nice birds from her last year.

Anyway, Hope you find what you are looking for.

Thanks, and I thought of that, but I also thought I'd get better responses from this forum rather than the other.

 

[NovaAman]

Well, this is a pretty slow thread... just getting off the ground kinda. ALSO, you could check with other peeps in your state thread, since the dottes in your state will be better suited already to your climates.

 

[Sandra Lee]

Here is my GLW

I named her Amelia because she was the first one to fly the coop! Haha. Here she is at 4 days old, 12 days old and perched on the top edge of her brooder. My question is...do the combs of GLW turn pink quickly?! I know she is too young to tell her sex but at 3 weeks old her comb looks very pink

She has feathered out the fastest which I know hens usually do but none of the others (I have an EE, RIR and Red Star) have any pink in their combs yet so I am starting to wonder. (these pics aren't updated so they don't show the new pink color...)

 

[Sandra Lee]

I wouldn't stress about it so early...but my friends are getting 2 RIR chicks that they can't keep....and I may consider taking them if I am going to wind up with a rooster

Hehe

 

[NovaAman]

Well, give it several more weeks yet. Watch its behaviour. If you don't want a roo, You can always eat him... don't take that the wrong way, but GLW's are a dual purpose bird, and you'll know that he was fed well and had a good life. AND when he hit about 16-18 weeks, will be the best time. BUT if you can keep him, you can always breed him to your others and get more GLW chicks. I love my GLWs. My neighbor got GLWs after seeing mine.

Your chick is so cute! How many GLW's did you get?

 

[Sandra Lee]

I only got one GLW. I got 4 chicks total, this is my first time having chickens so I figured I would start small. If she does turn out to be a he, haha, I will try to keep him, my town doesn't have anything stating I can't. As long as he wasn't mean and my neighbors didn't complain I would keep it. I think she/he is going to be gorgeous and I'm already attached

I like having all the different colors in my flock so I probably won't take the extra 2 RIRs (even though I think I am going to love RIRs too), I have soo many chicken types I want now! Haha. Plus, for now I will just have a 4'x4' coop with a 4'x12' or so run.

 

[Sandra Lee]

Oh, also, what am I watching for in its behavior?! Thanks!

 

[NovaAman]

Yeah... you've only got room for 4. Behavior wise, more aggressive, gets bigger faster... Did you get them from a TSC? Hope you got a girl. At 2 weeks, its really hard to tell yet.