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- Dec 28, 2022
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Guess I was lucky with the Silver Laced Wyandottes I have purchased from a very good hatchery and known breeder. I plan on doing the same, showing and selling them. One thing for sure they are so much fun to interact with and watch! I've only been raising chicken for a year, and before I knew it I was smitten with the SLW. My goal is to become a well known breeder.
I’m looking into getting into breeding high quality silver laced Wyandottes. I’ve gotten a ton of stock from chicks and hatching eggs all over the country from select breeders. I have a couple of questions, if anyone could help me out?
1. I recently hatched some eggs from a reputable farm specializing in LF SLW. Some came out with feathered feet, and I contacted and they stated “it happens with Wyandottes.” From my guess. It sounds like Cochin was introduced, which leads me to the question are these viable to even keep, or should I cull them? If any of the birds look decent and can be retained, is the feathering feet hard to breed out, or would it eventually be phased out?
2. One of the breeders has chicks with smut / peppering in the laces. Some are very nice in form and other SoP areas. Question is, is that hard to breed out down the lines? Or should I keep getting birds that have good genetics but no peppering?
Thank