The Silver Laced Wyandotte Thread

[Too Fast]

She looks a lot like my girl April when I got her at 8 weeks old. Here she is now at 14 weeks. I love the way they get more beautiful every day. Even though she's not going to look like some of these gorgeous show birds on this thread, I wouldn't trade her for anything. She has the best personality.

She's good looking, I think. So, you got some last June 1st? Did you get any eggs last year? We are new this year and wonder if we can expect some eggs this summer. Our SLW pullet will be 22 weeks old August 3rd, as will the other 6 pullets we have.

 

[nursebecky99]

She looks a lot like my girl April when I got her at 8 weeks old. Here she is now at 14 weeks. I love the way they get more beautiful every day. Even though she's not going to look like some of these gorgeous show birds on this thread, I wouldn't trade her for anything. She has the best personality.

Thanks and I agree, no showgirl, but she is so pretty!!

 

[Frizzle13]

Just put 3 slw bants under my broody hope that they hatch

 

[dowgirl71]

Hi, just got my first 2 SLW chicks, this week and noticed that they both sleep standing up. Is this a characteristic of the breed? Or maybe I just haven't seen them really sleeping? But I see them often, because they are in a brooder in our bathroom...just wondering.

 

[dracoe19]

I don't think you are nerding out at all.  I give my chickens higher fat, and extra protein.  I have tried to remove all the  man made protein, and high carb feeds.  My birds are actually more energetic, breed more often, and have better fertility.  I only have 2 hens right now for breeding.  I set 8 eggs, all of them are fertile.  I don't trim or do AI, yet at least.................. Trying to keep things natural!  I used to never see my rooster breeding the hens, now I catch him a lot more often.  IDK I feel like the trend of an all veggie diet for the chickens isn't the best for them.  Of course that is just my opinion.

Diet definitely makes a huge difference . I don't understand the vegetarian diet for a chick. Mine eat mice, bugs, and any other poor creature small enough to fit in their mouth! A colorful diet equals a healthy bird. I'll be playing more with my birds diets soon. I also agree about keeping breeding O-natural'. I like nature to do its business. If I have to lift their skirts and do their dirty work I'm just going to suck it up and track down a new rooster. Thankfully I haven't had the fertility problems many have been dealing with.

@Cory,

If he has the window that should be adequate light for them. Do you see them breeding or never caught them? I would try spoiling them a bit and give them some treats and try some of the cat food. If that doesn't work another thing you could try is pair him with another hen for a while. It should be a hen you have gotten confirmed fertile eggs from before and see if any are fertile while he is breeding her. One other option is letting him see another rooster ( if he can't already). Usually If you have another rooster breeding a hen the other will breed with his hen as a showing off/ I'm better than you type thing. Silver laced wyandottes often have a lower sperm count but if they breed often enough it doesn't really show up as a problem. All of my roosters can see each other and I catch them often breeding because they taught the other roosters who want his hens. Keeps them on their feet and hormonal lol.

 

[cleopatra]

She's good looking, I think. So, you got some last June 1st? Did you get any eggs last year? We are new this year and wonder if we can expect some eggs this summer. Our SLW pullet will be 22 weeks old August 3rd, as will the other 6 pullets we have.

We got this one about 2 months ago. She's not from our original group from June 2012. We decided to add two more this spring and she is one of them along with a wellsummer. We can't wait for eggs though. The ones I got in June 2012 were about 8 - 10 weeks of age when we got them. They all laid eggs by the fall and kept on laying through the winter, so you should get eggs by this fall I would think. It's very exciting to get those first eggs!

 

[Coupe]

Any one know a breeder in the NY area with good quality LF SLWs? Im looking for a new Rooster

 

[dracoe19]

Any one know a breeder in the NY area with good quality LF SLWs? Im looking for a new Rooster

Try looking at the 2013 wyandotte breeders directory on BYC. You can search for the thread in the search bar at the top.

 

[Wyandotte96]

Diet definitely makes a huge difference

. I don't understand the vegetarian diet for a chick. Mine eat mice, bugs, and any other poor creature small enough to fit in their mouth! A colorful diet equals a healthy bird. I'll be playing more with my birds diets soon. I also agree about keeping breeding O-natural'. I like nature to do its business. If I have to lift their skirts and do their dirty work I'm just going to suck it up and track down a new rooster. Thankfully I haven't had the fertility problems many have been dealing with.

@Cory,

If he has the window that should be adequate light for them. Do you see them breeding or never caught them? I would try spoiling them a bit and give them some treats and try some of the cat food. If that doesn't work another thing you could try is pair him with another hen for a while. It should be a hen you have gotten confirmed fertile eggs from before and see if any are fertile while he is breeding her. One other option is letting him see another rooster ( if he can't already). Usually If you have another rooster breeding a hen the other will breed with his hen as a showing off/ I'm better than you type thing. Silver laced wyandottes often have a lower sperm count but if they breed often enough it doesn't really show up as a problem. All of my roosters can see each other and I catch them often breeding because they taught the other roosters who want his hens. Keeps them on their feet and hormonal lol.

I have seen him breed her and he sees my other wyandotte rooster breed. Maybe I will keep them seperate for a week or 2 I have heard people have good luck with keeping them seperated. Then putting them back together.

 

[dracoe19]

I have seen him breed her and he sees my other wyandotte rooster breed. Maybe I will keep them seperate for a week or 2 I have heard people have good luck with keeping them seperated. Then putting them back together.

I agree that would be a good plan. Keep us updated.