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[Texasmja]

Did it say they were mixed on the box? I have seen tons from the hatcheries that look like this one. They all looked like they are mixed with leg horns, someone once said on the Heritage thread that all hatchery birds look the same but a different color. They are thin lanky birds that have pinched tails. They are just not bred to the SOP, they are bred for egg production. When my SLW chicks start feathering in I will take some pictures so everyone can see what they look like. They are bred to the SOP.

I swear, the more I see these birds from Iduma, the more I'm convinced they are Wynadotte x Modern Game....These aren't the best photos; and, I'll try to get better. But, look:










It is really, really hard to capture the disproportionate leg to body ratio going on. And, the wing structure is just....off. So weird. Texasmja, I so wish I had room in my incubator to hit you up for some of your eggs! If you wind up doing a culling, let me know. Maybe I'll take some of your culls off of your hands so my husband can see an actual Laced Wyandotte!

(not like I need that excuse; but, it's better than "cuz it's pretty!")

 

[TexasLisa]

Good Morning!

My DH and I are celebrating 31 years today!!

Lisa

 

[Kilsharion]

Good Morning!

My DH and I are celebrating 31 years today!!

Lisa

congratulations

 

[Imprfctme]

Good Morning!

My DH and I are celebrating 31 years today!!

Lisa

Congrats! May we all be so lucky!

 

[Kilsharion]

Did it say they were mixed on the box? I have seen tons from the hatcheries that look like this one. They all looked like they are mixed with leg horns, someone once said on the Heritage thread that all hatchery birds look the same but a different color. They are thin lanky birds that have pinched tails. They are just not bred to the SOP, they are bred for egg production. When my SLW chicks start feathering in I will take some pictures so everyone can see what they look like. They are bred to the SOP.

Nope. If it had said mixed, I probably wouldn't have bid....ok, that's not true. They had the right size chicks to keep Lucky company, so I would have.

And, I have one (not the one in this photo) that looks like a Wyandotte coloured Modern Game. Down to the pointed instead of rounded flight feathers and legs longer than its body.

None of my hatchery girls look the same. But, I know what you are saying. I didn't get these guys for any reason other than I had a loan hatch and didn't want her to be solo for three weeks while waiting for my incubator to provide her company....

And, I still want some of your birds, Texasmja....I'm totally in lust with them

We had our building inspection this morning for The Broken Yolk. They are making sure everything is as it should be before we move on to the next stage in construction:

 

[Texasmja]

Good job girls making sure all is as you told him in the plans laid out in the workshop!

 

[Kilsharion]

Good job girls making sure all is as you told him in the plans laid out in the workshop!

 

[Texasmja]

Nope. If it had said mixed, I probably wouldn't have bid....ok, that's not true. They had the right size chicks to keep Lucky company, so I would have.

And, I have one (not the one in this photo) that looks like a Wyandotte coloured Modern Game. Down to the pointed instead of rounded flight feathers and legs longer than its body.

None of my hatchery girls look the same. But, I know what you are saying. I didn't get these guys for any reason other than I had a loan hatch and didn't want her to be solo for three weeks while waiting for my incubator to provide her company....

And, I still want some of your birds, Texasmja....I'm totally in lust with them

The problem with hatchery birds is they are all over the place in how they look. Wyandottes are hard to keep to the SOP. Even if you start with good birds and do not know how to breed them they can be ruined in a couple of generations. They cross them with all kinds of other breeds, that is why the lacing is so bad. What I see in a lot of hatchery birds is incomplete lacing, where there is only 1 copy of gene present.

I will send you some eggs to hatch when you are ready or you can wait and buy some later when I start culling down to only the best breeders. I may have breeding or show quality birds for sale this year, it just all depends on how these grow out. I will have over 100 hatched out to choose from.

 

[TexasLisa]

Now that is precious! For some strange reason, I can hear Gene Autry singing "I got spurs that jingle, jangle, jingle"

Lisa

 

[Kilsharion]

The problem with hatchery birds is they are all over the place in how they look. Wyandottes are hard to keep to the SOP. Even if you start with good birds and do not know how to breed them they can be ruined in a couple of generations. They cross them with all kinds of other breeds, that is why the lacing is so bad. What I see in a lot of hatchery birds is incomplete lacing, where there is only 1 copy of gene present.

I will send you some eggs to hatch when you are ready or you can wait and buy some later when I start culling down to only the best breeders. I may have breeding or show quality birds for sale this year, it just all depends on how these grow out. I will have over 100 hatched out to choose from.

I'll take you up on that ;-) Expect to be getting bugged often by me about them, if you do, though. I am not going to want to ruin the line after you put such hard work into it.

BTW....you want to see a bird that is absolutely NOT a silver laced but absolutely gorgeous? If I could figure out how to replicate the mess they tossed together at the hatchery, I would so work on this:




I can never get her to pose for me with her chest facing the camera. I wish I could. Her chest is solid white. The hackles are beautiful. The rest of her is black spangled white. She's truly growing out to be the prettiest of our birds.....and, she's a complete and total mutt.