The Wyandotte Thread

[Lelilamom]

Are most folks on this thread more apt to buy from breeders rather than hatcheries? Are hatchery birds low quality and not as beautiful? Do hatchery birds have health and genetic problems? I'm new to heritage birds and we do not have any breeders in a driveable distance from us so we settled on hatchery birds. Should I have been more diligent in finding this breed?

 

[Lelilamom]

One more thing. Where can I get some of the less common varieties of this breed, such as Blue? I've never seen them sold commercially so I'm assuming I'd have to find a breeder?

 

[BlackBrookPoultry]

Welp hatchery has blue . . .

 

[BlackBrookPoultry]

Your lacing is way cleaner! If we stagger our flock by adding a couple new birds when the current birds are year 3 then maybe we can find some pencil-laced like that!

Would you like a few hatching eggs?

 

[IvanTsary]

Would you like a few hatching eggs?

We are hopefully about to move (not far) so it will be a bit before we can think about setting up a hatcher and brooder.

 

[ES4me]

I just purchased chicks that were listed as 'Wyandotte pullets'
There were a handful of this red brown shade-any hints on what type they are?
They are exhausted from their trip home ha ha.
TIA!

 

[BirdsNRabbits]

I have two Golden Laced Wyandottes here on the farm

 

[Lelilamom]

Welp hatchery has blue . . .

Thanks! They are so far from me, I'd be afraid to order from them. But I'll keep looking at resources on the East Coast.

 

[BlackBrookPoultry]

I order from them all the time. Some of their chicks come from MN, some from TX. They all make it to WI fine.

 

[BirdsNRabbits]

Most hatchery's are pretty good about shipping. I've had chicks shipped from TX and I'm in VA so I feel you shouldn't worry about shipping to much. However there are that one batch every now and then that don't make it through shipping...