Has anybody heard of Coronation Columbian Wyandotte?

[Micki Blue]

Oh and incidentally as far as import/export goes i would never attempt to freight live birds but i have managed to send eggs to a friend of mine OS and they not only received them they actually managed to hatch 2 out of the 12 out !

Depends on the individual as to if they try !

 

[Krys109uk]

Again, my ignorance that failed to see Coronation refers to the Lavender gene and not the Blue.

Coronation Sussex in Britain are blue columbian. It is in Australia that Coronation Sussex are lavender Columbian.

I can't see that the term "Coronation" would particularly refer to lavender. I could be wrong but I don't think the lavender gene had been found when the Coronation Sussex was devloped.

The name would have been given to that colour of Sussex in honour of the coronation of a British monarch; the 'Sussex' being a British breed named after the county where chickens of their general type were originally to be found.

Online data implies it was George VI, referring to their having been "first created in the 1940s for the coronation of King George" *
but as George VI was crowned in 1937, that does not completely make sense.

* Half way down this page from Eire...
http://www.freewebs.com/sussex/restofthesussexcolours.htm

Anyway the colour is simply blue columbian or lavender columbian & in any breed, other than the Sussex, it makes more sense to just call them by their colour.​

 

[The Gotfeather]

Hi Micki Blue, where are you?

Sell me the idea of these Columbian Wyandotte's.

As you can see I am down here in Tassie, the climate isn't as extreme as the mainlanders think. However I am interested in selecting a couple of breeds to focus on that are particularly suited to the Tasmanian climate.

Any suggestions?

Cheers, Dalles.

 

[blackdotte]

Miki,
There used to be a few people with Blue Silver Columbians around Sydney 5 or 6 years ago. they and the Blue Silver Laced were not as popular as the Blue Buff Columbians and Blue Laced Golds.
David

 

[Henk69]

http://www.freewebs.com/professorchickenscolours/coronation.htm

 

[chickens44]

You can get them in the uk

 

[BlackHackle]

The birds refered to in Google are Blue Columbian Wyandottes

Old post, I know
Blue Columbian is Coronation.