Please confirm that this is a gold laced Wyandotte??!!!

[chezpoulet]

Hi all

My husband teases me about "lurking" in the shadows of the BYC forum for the past couple of months, as I researched raising chicks etc, so I finally joined BYC as an official member yesterday!

I got my chicks from some family in town who had ordered more chicks than they needed. Two of the chicks are supposed to be Gold laced Wyandottes. All 5 chicks are 5 weeks old now, and we are really enjoying them! I am posting pics of the GLW - at what point would I start seeing the rose comb? It looks very much like they have got single combs, so I am curious about whether they mixed up the chicks- they had Welsummers as well in the mix. I also hope they are pullets!!

I am a complete newbie, so I really don't know what juvenile GLWs are supposed to look like!

Thanks.

 

[Hillbilly Hen]

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from Michigan!

It's hard for me to see the pics but maybe someone else can help?

 

[jeslewmazer]

sorry Not a GLW.
Better pics will help, but it might be a Welsummers because you said there were some in the mix

 

[sonew123]

Im sorry they do not look like GLW especially if they have a single comb:-( If we could get better photos perhaps we can identify more easily? Others might be able to tell you what it is but I cant:-(

 

[chickee]

They look like Welsummers. Wyandottes would be showing lacing, not barring at this age. They will be pretty birds though! And lay awesome colored eggs!

 

[M To The Maxx]

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I don't think it is a GLw either but sonew just to let you know, there are Wyandottes that are born with single combs that come from hatcheries.

 

[WhiteMountainsRanch]

NOT a GLW.

These are GLW at various ages;

 

[Cowgirl71]

from Missouri!

Judging by their coloring, those are not GLWs. Hard to say now, but when they're fully feathered in a month or two we can tell you the breed.

Many hatchery Wyandottes will have single combs (even though the Wyandotte breed standard calls for rose combs

). I got five GLWs from Cackle, and three had single combs and two had rose combs...

 

[chezpoulet]

Thanks all- shucks, I was hoping for GLWs, but Welsummers will work too. Let's hope the Aurtalorps and the Red sex-link are what they are supposed to be! Happy NY!

 

[PeakyBeaky]

Hi, and welcome. If they have single combs, they are not wyandottes(they have rose combs-usually). From the limited photos...the one photo almost looks like a partridge coloration. Hard to say what you got but it will neat to see what you get

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