Silver-Laced Breed for the Heat?

[3KillerBs]

What comb types do they have?

I'll have to wait a few days or a week to be sure. They're from Monday's hatch and I can't even *really* see the combs on the California Whites yet.

Not sure if I'm the only person who ever hoped for a single-combed Wyandotte before.

 

[NatJ]

I'll have to wait a few days or a week to be sure. They're from Monday's hatch and I can't even *really* see the combs on the California Whites yet.

Rose combs are so much wider than single combs, I've been able to see the difference on just-arrived chicks, if I pick them up and look at the head. Sometimes I can see it if I just sit by the brooder and watch them for a while.

Not sure if I'm the only person who ever hoped for a single-combed Wyandotte before.

I would be too. I like the laced feathers, but not the rose combs.

 

[3KillerBs]

Rose combs are so much wider than single combs, I've been able to see the difference on just-arrived chicks, if I pick them up and look at the head. Sometimes I can see it if I just sit by the brooder and watch them for a while.

I'm not sufficiently familiar with what they *ought* to look like at this age. I've only raised 2 Wyandotte chicks before and was so sick this spring with my crossbreeds that I wasn't able to make regular, intentional observations with the crossbreeds.

I'm sure I'll know by next week.

I would be too. I like the laced feathers, but not the rose combs.

I don't mind the look of a rose comb, but I see a difference in how the Wyandotte, the Dominique, and the rose-combed Opington x Wyandotte girls handle the worst of the summer heat.

I didn't expect to fall so hard for the Australorps.

 

[NatJ]

I'm not sufficiently familiar with what they *ought* to look like at this age. I've only raised 2 Wyandotte chicks before and was so sick this spring with my crossbreeds that I wasn't able to make regular, intentional observations with the crossbreeds.

I'm sure I'll know by next week.

I think if you pick up chicks and start looking at their heads, the difference will be pretty obvious.

Here's a page with photos of Wyandotte chicks:
https://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/CGP/Wyand/BRKWyandChix.html
Even on the youngest of them, when you look straight from the front, you can see the comb looks like a flat, bare spot at the top of the beak.

I agree that you will probably know by next week.

 

[3KillerBs]

I think if you pick up chicks and start looking at their heads, the difference will be pretty obvious.

Here's a page with photos of Wyandotte chicks:
https://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/CGP/Wyand/BRKWyandChix.html
Even on the youngest of them, when you look straight from the front, you can see the comb looks like a flat, bare spot at the top of the beak.

I agree that you will probably know by next week.

Thanks. The photos are helpful.

 

[K0k0shka]

So, I've ordered SLWs in my Ideal order to arrive next week and will have at least a casual stab at creating a single-combed, Australorp-adjacent bird with this color pattern.

Be sure to post pictures of the results! I'm a traditionalist, and a big fan of the good old single comb. The other types just look like different shapes of tumors to me

 

[K0k0shka]

Rose combs are so much wider than single combs, I've been able to see the difference on just-arrived chicks, if I pick them up and look at the head. Sometimes I can see it if I just sit by the brooder and watch them for a while.


I would be too. I like the laced feathers, but not the rose combs.

I only have limited experience with non-single combs, and from what I remember from last year's brood, the chicks that ended up with rose/pea combs didn't have any points when they were chicks, it was just flat on top. I just hatched a bunch of Lavender Orpingtons a couple of days ago, and interestingly (disappointingly) some of them have completely flat combs, like flat against the head and smooth, while the rest have very visible little points. I want to keep 1 or 2 from this batch, and I'll be so disappointed if for some reason my favorites end up with "tumor combs" They squirm too much for close-up pictures, but I'll try to get some.

 

[3KillerBs]

Be sure to post pictures of the results! I'm a traditionalist, and a big fan of the good old single comb. The other types just look like different shapes of tumors to me

I like Brahma pea combs. They suit the heavy "dinosaur" head with the brow ridges.

 

[3KillerBs]

There are 4 of the SLW chicks. Unfortunately, 2 of them are quite hard to tell apart, being medium in color and about the same pattern. Then there is a noticeably lighter one and a nearly black one.

I *think* I can see that flat spot you mentioned on the lightest one and one of the medium ones. But I took a lot of head shots as best I could.

What do y'all think of this one? Maybe a single?

I don't know that this photo of the nearly black one is clear enough. Of course they WILL NOT hold still for portraits.

I'm not 100% sure if this is 3 shots of the same one or 2 shots of one and 1 of the other, but I think they show that flat spot. All the other photos are too blurry.

 

[NatJ]

There are 4 of the SLW chicks. Unfortunately, 2 of them are quite hard to tell apart, being medium in color and about the same pattern. Then there is a noticeably lighter one and a nearly black one.

I *think* I can see that flat spot you mentioned on the lightest one and one of the medium ones. But I took a lot of head shots as best I could.

What do y'all think of this one? Maybe a single?

Yes, the first picture looks like a single comb to me.

I'm not 100% sure if this is 3 shots of the same one or 2 shots of one and 1 of the other, but I think they show that flat spot. All the other photos are too blurry.

I see one flat spot (rose comb), and I'm not sure about the others (blurry).