The Silver Laced Wyandotte Thread

[Bridebeliever]

I love this picture I got of my SLW today! Thought I would share it here...

 

[kekstrom]

Thanks you guys! Yea she does have a deeper colored comb compared to the other breeds. And I am still wondering if hers will end up being a rose comb or smaller single comb. She is just a sweetheart!

Forgetful, I am curios... Do you have river rock/gravel in all or pet of your coop or run?

 

[forgetful]

Thanks you guys! Yea she does have a deeper colored comb compared to the other breeds. And I am still wondering if hers will end up being a rose comb or smaller single comb. She is just a sweetheart!

Forgetful, I am curios... Do you have river rock/gravel in all or pet of your coop or run?

I have pea gravel in the run and shavings in the coop with pea gravel underneath. I live in southern Louisiana so the humidity and water is terrible. The gravel keeps everything dry and I just rake it clean

 

[kekstrom]

I have pea gravel in the run and shavings in the coop with pea gravel underneath. I live in southern Louisiana so the humidity and water is terrible. The gravel keeps everything dry and I just rake it clean

Just great! We have our coop run over grass right now, but I am sure that once the chicks are moved out, the grass will not last!

 

[Scotty from BI]

So here you can see the two 9 week old chicks with their their combs and waddles. I suppose we could be looking at roosters, but they were sexed by hatchery (so I guess I am rooting for ugly hens instead of handsome roosters) so conflicted

, so if they are roo's I guess they will be nice ones. If hens perhaps they will lay lots of nice eggs even if they do look like this as adults. Any thought? Are they roos or just not good laced hens?

 

[kekstrom]

So here you can see the two 9 week old chicks with their their combs and waddles. I suppose we could be looking at roosters, but they were sexed by hatchery (so I guess I am rooting for ugly hens instead of handsome roosters) so conflicted , so if they are roo's I guess they will be nice ones. If hens perhaps they will lay lots of nice eggs even if they do look like this as adults. Any thought? Are they roos or just not good laced hens?

I just got to see my cousins golden laced Wyandotte this afternoon and studied her comb. And it's large and in charge. I am no comb expert but these all looked just like her hens.

 

[seolari]

My two Silverlace Wyandots are now four weeks old.

how is the lacing for their age?

 

[Opendoorfarm]

My two Silverlace Wyandots are now four weeks old.

how is the lacing for their age?

Here's mine at that age purchased from TSC one has more lacing than the others. They are getting even more lacing now at 5 weeks. I think it just takes time to see how they are going to mature.
Blessings!

 

[new2dotties]

Before

Now, she's the darker one

 

[seolari]

Here's mine at that age purchased from TSC one has more lacing than the others. They are getting even more lacing now at 5 weeks. I think it just takes time to see how they are going to mature.
Blessings!

Beautiful! Yours look more like breeder stock mine are Hatcherie. Where did you get them?