Hatchery SLW? (Silver Laced Wyandottes)

[RAREROO]

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Yes Katy do you have any pics of your young birds to show them what they should look like ?

 

[Katy]

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Yes Katy do you have any pics of your young birds to show them what they should look like ?

I do, but the OP requested pictures of hatchery birds.....not breeder birds so I didn't want to go off topic.

 

[MaggieRae]

I ordered from MPC. The wyandottes are the ones who have the racing stripes down the back.

At about 7 weeks, there's a wyandotte in front.

(Sorry for the poor quality picture.)

A week later

Same age, but this is her 'angry look' :

19 weeks old:

20 weeks old:

About 7 months:

about 8 months:

About 9 months:

I have 3 SLW's, all pictures. There is Luna, Lily, and Texas. Texas is the big one, Lily is the small one, and Luna has the whitest head.

 

[Sphinx]

I agree. With certain breeds, I wouldn't go through a hatchery/feed store again.

I had really hoped to get the distinctive markings on Paula, but have been suspecting for a while that it just wasn't going to happen.

She is a very sweet natured chicken, and definitely the friendliest pullet of my bunch (the others are EE and a leghorn).

I eventually want to add a Black Copper Marans to my small flock, and I've learned through Paula that I will get that chick from a reputable breeder. I don't want to get a bird that isn't going to look how I expected, and be too attached to the chicken by the time it really sinks in.

 

[gryeyes]

Here are all the photos I could find of my feed store/hatchery SLW (same one you're buying from).

As a youngster about 7 weeks old.

Testing the Tether Cabbage, when she was about 12 weeks old.

Same age, next to an actual Lakenvelder HEN (12 months old) and a BA about 16 weeks old.

As part of the flock about 2 months ago:

Entering the coop with my BA and EE pullets (so you can see her fluffy butt):

About a month ago:

At the coop People Door, about a day or two after the free ranging photo:

And about a week ago, discovered as she looked up from destroying a raised garden bed:

 

[JMPE]

My SLW is from MPC.

First day here...

One Week...

Two Weeks...

Not sure on her age here, maybe 9 weeks...

6 Months...

She is 10 months here....

She is starting to look pretty good for a hatchery bird (IMO)

 

[chickadeedeedee]

Newbie here ... What does MPC stand for?

Thanks

 

[Tiramisu]

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My Pet Chicken. They allow minimum orders of 3 chicks (I ordered 3 from them).

 

[sequoiacyclist]

Hey, I just picked up 4 little ones from Belt about two weeks ago, and I would advise you to check out the comb structure. 3 of them have the standard rose comb, but one of them has a regular comb. Now I wish I would have checked their combs before purchasing them, but I was in a hurry. Good luck!

 

[FiveHens]

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They are beauties!!!