MAGNIFICANT SILVER LACED WYANDOTTES- The Parents To All The Wyandotte Kind

[SilkieChicken123]

Some of y'all convinced me to start Silver Laced Wyandotte thread, so here goes! Come support and join me!

Silver Laced Wyandotte (SLW) chickens are the parents of all the Wyandotte chicken kind. All other patterns and colors of the Wyandottes that we are familiar with today all originated from the Silver Laced. Wonderful Layers, Lays Light Tan Large sized egg, very sweet, mellow tempered bird, Very Broody, Great Mothers. They have Pea Combs. Most common varieties of the Wyandotte are the Silver Laced, Golden Laced, Blue Laced Red & Columbian. Though there are many other varieties.
This thread is going to be based on the Silver Laced Wyandotte. These birds are regal and majestic birds. Truly wonderful!

This thread is for fellow BYC SLW lovers and admires! Share your info, and please do not hesitate to ask any questions! Let us know about you're flock!

I'll start- I own 1 SLW rooster- Romeo (Whom is pictured in my profile picture!) he is incredibly sweet and docile. He's 1.5 y.o.
I also have 6 SLW hens. (All 5 week old chicks)


Please attempt to remain on subject- Silver Laced Wyandottes. Thank you!

*Note: The pictures down below are not mine. I got them off Google.

 

[Lacy Duckwing]

I guess they're ok... I have one. Her name is Penny, and she's the second SLW I've ever owned. She takes wonderful pictures. My camera really agrees with her. There's certain picture tones that I can only capture with her. Here's some pictures of her from last winter:

Penny the Silver-Laced Wyandotte

• Lacy Duckwing
• Dec 21, 2020

Penny the Silver-Laced Wyandotte.

Penny the Silver-Laced Wyandotte

• Lacy Duckwing
• Dec 21, 2020

I do have a problem with my Penny. She's not my nicest bird. She's a bit mean to my other birds and she's even had to spend some jail time for this... See Penny's in Jail. She's a little better now, but still a little mean at times... But I do wonder this:
When I got my flock of six, I got six different breeds of pullets. There was others of the same breed at the place I got my hens, but I wanted a huge variety. Well, I've wondered if the reason why Penny was so mean is because she was missing the other pullets of her same breed. In the first month or so of having her, she was in some type of depression. Then after that, she went mean to almost bully status. I ended up putting her in jail for her meanness, and she now seems a little better.

 

[Blue Raptor]

The SLW I have has a rose comb?

 

[Skunkie]

Here is my Ruth (aka The Notorious RBG). She is almost 5 months old now. She got her name because when whe was younger, she had a darker head with a stunning white lace collar around her neck. We had two originally but lost one to Mareks . Ruthie loves a nice dust bath, and that’s usually the only time I can pick her up because she goes almost comatose when she’s enjoying her bath.

 

[Candyjablonski]

My silver laced blue Wyandotte hen. She came from a golden laced momma and a mixed Wyandotte rooster that has silver lace in him. She's a beauty. My first time hatching eggs.

 

[AngBantamLuv]

I guess they're ok... I have one. Her name is Penny, and she's the second SLW I've ever owned. She takes wonderful pictures. My camera really agrees with her. There's certain picture tones that I can only capture with her. Here's some pictures of her from last winter:

Penny the Silver-Laced Wyandotte

• Lacy Duckwing
• Dec 21, 2020

Penny the Silver-Laced Wyandotte.

Penny the Silver-Laced Wyandotte

• Lacy Duckwing
• Dec 21, 2020

I do have a problem with my Penny. She's not my nicest bird. She's a bit mean to my other birds and she's even had to spend some jail time for this... See Penny's in Jail. She's a little better now, but still a little mean at times... But I do wonder this:
When I got my flock of six, I got six different breeds of pullets. There was others of the same breed at the place I got my hens, but I wanted a huge variety. Well, I've wondered if the reason why Penny was so mean is because she was missing the other pullets of her same breed. In the first month or so of having her, she was in some type of depression. Then after that, she went mean to almost bully status. I ended up putting her in jail for her meanness, and she now seems a little better.

I actually now think they need a bestie of the same breed. I think my bantam cochin is lonely and angry for that reason. I will be getting her a cochin buddy within the next few months (maybe a day old i can slip to her when she is broody).

 

[TheOddOneOut]

Wait what are SLR wyandottes?

Silver Laced Red, I believe.

Splash Laced Red.

 

[Lizzy733]

SLW are gorgeous big birds and Baby Boo is my top layer at the moment. She was raised under a broody and handled from hatch, but is a very wary bird. Skittish and flightly; her brothers were lovely and came up for cuddles, but she has never been keen. We only keep a small flock and the rest of her hatchmates - 1 other girl and 5 boys, have gone on to different homes, so not sure if it's just her attitude; I don't remember her sister being as bad, but she was the most likely pullet, so we kept her.

Anybody else have a flighty SLW hen?

 

[WIchickMama]

I have one SLW, Salem, she is my prettiest bird but also the most timid/skittish and the only one my daughter can't catch and hold.

 

[TheOddOneOut]

It's weird- for someone who started a thread about Wyandottes, they don't know the basics, such as:
The Silver Laced WAS the first accepted variety - but the other colors we have now were not created from it. Totally different genes needed.
Wyandottes have ROSE COMBS. Not pea. That's a huge thing.
Third - Wyandottes are not like Silkies. They don't go broody a bunch, and they can be flighty.