The Wyandotte Thread

[PeakyBeaky]

How common is it for partridge Wyandottes (mine is a bantam... Don't know if that matters) to have feathers on their legs?

My little newly hatched bantam partridge wyandotte has a little bit of down coming down the outside of her legs. It doesn't go down very far, but it is definitely where it shouldn't be.

I am just wondering if I got what I paid for...... Ebay eggs.

 

[Alaskan]

Here are two pictures. It was VERY difficult to get a good clear picture of the fuzz on the leg, but you can see it.

Thoughts?

 

[CashandTracy]

If you don't understand color genetics that might not be the best idea

. Project birds require a destination and a plan on how to get there. You can only work with what you have to work with but you won't accomplish a new color variety without that knowledge.

exactly. I missed the original post, but no matter what variety you want to work with, research it thoroughly, figure out all the mutations behind that color variety, then, depending on the complexity of the pattern you're wanting, it may take anywhere from 2-5 generations or more to fix the color, then you have to get the type perfected for the breed.

I plan on spending the next 2 or so years learning before I give it a try. I have a tendency to plan well in advance so I know what I need to learn and what I have to do in order to have my greatest chance of success. My endless research led me to BYC to begin with.

Thanks for the advice I will be sure to follow it before I invest time, effort and birds!

 

[Magnolia86]

Anyone in north FL have a Silver Laced Wyandotte Rooster or cockerel for sale? I have been looking for weeks for one and have had no luck.

 

[ki4got]

blrw available for sale due to unfortunate circumstances, check the blrw thread for more info...

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/466415/blue-laced-red-wyandotte-thread/5550#post_13483164

 

[MaineiacJay]

hey everyone, ive got a silver laced wyandotte that i hatched out 5 weeks ago. im pretty sure its a male, but could i get a second opinion before i rehome it? thanks!

 

[LonelyPageTurne]

hey everyone, ive got a silver laced wyandotte that i hatched out 5 weeks ago. im pretty sure its a male, but could i get a second opinion before i rehome it? thanks!

Yes that's a cockerel

 

[MaineiacJay]

thanks much! kinda sad though, ive got 1 SLW roo and 2 hens and about 20 other breeds all in the same flock, the chances for a purebred were pretty low, and of course it had to be male! haha

 

[Fancychooklady]

thanks much! kinda sad though, ive got 1 SLW roo and 2 hens and about 20 other breeds all in the same flock, the chances for a purebred were pretty low, and of course it had to be male! haha

You think that's sad! Today I just realized that of my 13 slw chicks 9 are cockerels .

 

[MaineiacJay]

i still have you beat. when i first started out, i was not real educated on chickens (it was my moms idea). i got 9 from a man in VT and out of that 9, 7 ended up as cockerels! ugh!