The Silver Laced Wyandotte Thread

[Makomd]

Hey all! I'm new to this thread. This is our roo I got form a local backyard flock owner. He said it was a Silver Laced Wyandotte. Is it? I'm looking at some of your pics and the neck and saddle feathers seem to be whiter than my rooster... What do ya think?

Edit: PS: Happy 1200 post!

Looks to be carrying a Gold gene and a silver gene.

 

[acemario]

Looks to be carrying a Gold gene and a silver gene.

Is that a bad thing? What would this mean if I bred him with other Wyandottes? (New to the breed, and fairly new to chickens)

 

[Makomd]

You would normally want two silver or two gold genes for purity of the breed. If you breed him to SLW hens you will get some roos that are Silver s+/s+ and some that are just like him S/s+. Hens could be either silver or gold they only carry one gene for either silver or gold.

If bred to a GLW you will again get either silver or gold hens, and roos will either be gold S/S or half and half S/s+.

 

[acemario]

You would normally want two silver or two gold genes for purity of the breed. If you breed him to SLW hens you will get some roos that are Silver s+/s+ and some that are just like him S/s+. Hens could be either silver or gold they only carry one gene for either silver or gold.

If bred to a GLW you will again get either silver or gold hens, and roos will either be gold S/S or half and half S/s+.

Thanks. Makes perfect sense! So what would I call him? a Silver and Gold Laced Wyandotte?!?

 

[Countrypunk92]

His lacing is very poor too. So I the first gen would have some offspring with incorrect lacing, I believe.

 

[delisha]

His type is off, his lacing is incomplete, and his color is wrong. If you want to breed Wyandottes, starting with a good male is important in any breeding program. If you have to use this bird, it would be imperative to have excellent type, lacing and color in your hens to have better generations and to correct his fault in future generations. If you want to make a different breed with a different color he could be used in a project breeding program. He looks to be a very healthy bird and a good start for that.

The SOP (Standard of Perfection) will give you hours of education and knowledge about Wyandottes. There are Wyandotte clubs and many Wyandotte breeders sell good quality males for little money if they have too many males. If you can go to a poultry show you should have good luck meeting and seeing some good Wyandottes. I have seen some breeders give males away if they are going to be used to improve breeding lines. Many great breeders out there.

 

[kabhyper1]

Here is my boy Gus. We got him in early March 2013. I love him. He has a larger than loved comb, but he is mine and that's all I care about. He has saved his girls more times than I can count, and can spot a hawk from 3 acres away.

 

[Fancychooklady]

Here is my boy Gus. We got him in early March 2013. I love him. He has a larger than loved comb, but he is mine and that's all I care about. He has saved his girls more times than I can count, and can spot a hawk from 3 acres away.

And what a good blokey name , Gus. Love it.

 

[malndobe]

A few of my SLW. I got 10 of them from a lady who had WAY to many in to small of an area (25+ in a 6x12 pen) and they had started to pick/eat each others feathers. They have stopped for the most part, I had to seperate the worst offenders to break them of the habit, now just waiting for the rest of the feathers to come in. I am sure they are hatchery birds, she bought them from somewhere back east but was able to order by gender and they had a 25 bird minimum. But I'm pleasantly surprised at how they are maturing. About 6 months old now, and are all ready to start laying, 1 or 2 of them already have. Can't tell for sure since they are in my layer flock with other hens that have been laying for awhile but the Rooster is breeding them and I'm finding more eggs some days than known hens so ...

The mandatory butt shot



Looking for those last bits of scratch I threw out


You can just make out on the bird in the background where the feathers were picked at the base of the tail on its back, they are growing in but they look funny for now with not "flow" between back and tail..

 

[delisha]

A few of my SLW. I got 10 of them from a lady who had WAY to many in to small of an area (25+ in a 6x12 pen) and they had started to pick/eat each others feathers. They have stopped for the most part, I had to seperate the worst offenders to break them of the habit, now just waiting for the rest of the feathers to come in. I am sure they are hatchery birds, she bought them from somewhere back east but was able to order by gender and they had a 25 bird minimum. But I'm pleasantly surprised at how they are maturing. About 6 months old now, and are all ready to start laying, 1 or 2 of them already have. Can't tell for sure since they are in my layer flock with other hens that have been laying for awhile but the Rooster is breeding them and I'm finding more eggs some days than known hens so ...

The mandatory butt shot



Looking for those last bits of scratch I threw out


You can just make out on the bird in the background where the feathers were picked at the base of the tail on its back, they are growing in but they look funny for now with not "flow" between back and tail..

Nice wide tail feathers..