Silver Wyandottes - are they hardy?

[speckledhen]

Katy here on BYC has awesome Silver Laced Wyandottes. She is where I'd get mine if I wanted to have some again.

 

[mahoney]

What would I get for color , SLW hen, and GLW rooster.I had a few of each but ended up two SLW hen and One GLW rooster.

Thanks

 

[Illia]

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You would get sex-linked Wyandottes - Males would be a creamy white and yellow laced, females would be gold laced.

 

[JCoogle]

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I agree. Their birds are great.

 

[mahoney]

Would the hens breed true to another GLW rooster

 

[RareBreedFancier]

Yes, the gold hens from the sex linked cross will breed true with a gold rooster

(Course you can't sex them at hatching though

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[Cindy in PA]

I appreciate everyone's opinions on hatchery vs. breeder stock, however I imagine it is very subjective. I have only had hatchery birds for all my almost 18 years of chicken keeping. My first were barred rocks & I had several "pets" that lived & layed until 8+ years old. I tried to get bantam rocks last year from a breeder & that was a fiasco, poor communication and finally no birds. This was one of the big named guys often mentioned on here. Seems to do a big business with his birds. Not saying I won't go that route again, but it was very frustrating. It is also true that breeder/show quality parents don't mean you will get that in the offspring. I got my first Wyandottes this year from Meyer. They are Columbian. I'm sure they are not show or breeder quality, but they are not bad birds. I would love to get breeder birds, but most of the ones mentioned on here are from down south. I have no desire to get birds from down south, just don't want to bring anything up north from down there. We have enough problems with bugs & disease here when it never stays cold long enough, can't imagine what you do in FL & the like. JMHO. Will stick with hatchery stock until I know what I am doing.

 

[BookWorm243]

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I agree. Their birds are great.

Beautiful Birds!