The Wyandotte Bantam Thread

[Alaskan]

our Chocolate Wyandotte Bantam rooster from 2015's hatch. Really hard to get decent photos.....

Good looking guy! How are your hens?

 

[sueiris]

Good looking guy!

How are your hens?

I lost several unfortunately to a hawk in February, so only have two from last year and a few youngsters from this year. I put my chocolate rooster to my black hens this year, as my chocolate line was getting fairly inbred. So now I have at least 6 young black cockerels that I have to sort out plus one black rooster that I'm placing. Unfortunately or fortunately, depending on your point of view, I haven't gotten up the gumption to eat them yet.

We'll see how the pullets mature at this point. Hopefully I'll go to a show or two to see if I can sell some of the young cockerels, and maybe a pullet or two......

 

[Alaskan]

Sounds like a great plan!


I hear you on predators.... -sigh-

 

[1235467]

I have 2 Silver Penciled Wyandotte Bantams, one hen and one cockerel. They both have beautiful marking on their feathers. My hen does not lay that often even though she is not that old, and goes through stages of laying, is this weird?

 

[Alaskan]

Unforunately I have found that often gorgeous birds lay terribly. They are from breeding programs that focus on how they look....not how they produce.

 

[1235467]

It is a shame, but thank you anyway!

 

[Alaskan]

I have always wanted a blue chicken.... And here she is!!! No egg yet, but we must be close.

 

[oldhen2345]

Beautiful chicken. I love the compact bodies of the Wyandotte


Bitsy, my bantam SL Wyandotte with Rosetta my CQ under their favorite shrub.



Charlotte my bantam BLR Wyandotte chick with Ethel Mertz, my EE

 

[williefred]

Im looking for some Wyandotte Bantams, anyone have any for sale?

 

[Alaskan]

Im looking for some Wyandotte Bantams, anyone have any for sale?

Your best bet is to look at all of the hatcheries.

I got my bantam blue wyandotte from purely poultry. I think she has an excellent wyandotte shape, especially considering that she is from a hatchery.

Purely Poultry actually caries a bunch of colors.