The Wyandotte Thread

[MrsFitzDarcy]

I was wondering if y'all could guide me a bit. I am still having problems getting fertile eggs from my SLW hens. My SLW roo, whom I bought from Jim Monk, has about 90% fertility still with my blue copper Marans hen in the same pen. I'd pull her out, but she seems like a great gauge for rooster fertility. Do you have any suggestions? Should I put the roo with just one hen and see what happens? Do I need a "hornier" more aggressive rooster?

Anyone know any breeder quality west coasters or mountain zone breeders (of juvenile/adult birds) so the shipping trip would be easier as I am in southern AZ? It's getting hot here so if I were to get an adult, I'd need to do it soon.

Also, I saw some hatchery SLWs at the feed store and they were closer to black with chipmunk stripes. Mine have much more "roaning" (horse term from a horse girl) and very faint vestiges of chipmunk striping. Mine have a very fine mix of silver down and taupe (silvery brown) down. Is there a significance to this? My oldest juvenile just got his/her first crop of adult feathers. They are mostly white at the shaft. Is this to be expect in the first feathering? Is there anything I can look for?

(Cross posting on the SLW thread.)

PS: A chicken friend of mine was told by a judge out here that the hens should have white heads. That's not true, is it?

 

[sssharon]

can anyone tell me is there a red laced Wyandotte? I got to freebies from a woman that had bought these two cHicks and then decided that she didn't want them. She told me that on the sign by the checks it said red lace Wyandots is there such a thing. I had a blue lace read Wyandotte and these two chicks are mostly red a deep red. They are around six weeks old or seven weeks right now so I'm just wondering if that's what they actually are.

i'll post a couple of pictures of them. I would appreciate any opinions on this or these checks I should say, and thanks.

 

[DMRippy]

can anyone tell me is there a red laced Wyandotte? I got to freebies from a woman that had bought these two cHicks and then decided that she didn't want them. She told me that on the sign by the checks it said red lace Wyandots is there such a thing. I had a blue lace read Wyandotte and these two chicks are mostly red a deep red. They are around six weeks old or seven weeks right now so I'm just wondering if that's what they actually are.

i'll post a couple of pictures of them. I would appreciate any opinions on this or these checks I should say, and thanks.

Not wyandottes. I think RIR come in RC so Maybe they are RIR.

 

[holm25]

I'm joining!! I got 2 SLW from the feed store. They were to cute so I thought I'd add them to our big flock.

 

[sssharon]

Whoever answered my question about the chicks being Wyandots what does RC stand for? The lady that gave me the checks said that she got them at a Country store and they were marked Wyandots, how annoying that people can't get it straight. I'm no chicken expert so I didn't even question it. They have white faces do Rhode Island Reds usually have white faces I guess I'll have to Google and thanks for the info

 

[rebeccaw]

What is everyone's feelings on the overall temperament?

 

[Dixie4321]

This is my BLRW

These are his chicks. The dark one is full blood, the light one is crossed with a silver laced Cochin.

 

[rebeccaw]

This is my BLRW

These are his chicks. The dark one is full blood, the light one is crossed with a silver laced Cochin.

The one on the rights coloring is amazing!

 

[curious chickee]

Here are my two girls 10 weeks old. Buff Wyandottes.

sunny and goldie

 

[wyandodo]

These are the jubilee Wyandotte bantams I will keep from my two breeding flocks this year.
Their chicks hatched in the beginning of March and April will soon join them in the pens.






This year I came one step closer towards the blue jubilee Wyandotte bantam.
These pullets from jubilee x splash and jubilee x gold laced blue will be put together with a pure jubilee cockerel.