The Wyandotte Thread

[wilmothfarms]

I've been told they think my 6 mo old is a Blue Wyandotte. I'm not sure. Just because the comb may look like it, I dont think so, her legs are standard for the breed are they? My other Wyandotte doesnt look like her and isnt as big. And she ISNT as cockerel.
Please verify what you think. She came from Estes Hatchery, and I know she could be a mix, and/or just poor quality....I was thinking a Jersey Giant.

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[TK Poultry]

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They are thinking about having the 1st annual Southern Indiana Poultry Show. go to www.mcpoultry.org i think it is and there is information about it. It's the weekend after the White River Poultry show in Spencer, Indiana. The SIP show will be in September in Bloomington, Indiana.

 

[rtroxel]

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I'd say that's a wyandotte. The dark legs are often just a part of that color. It's also common with blacks to have dark legs. It's a fault and something you would probably breed away from for the standard, but that's just the way some of them are. The colored varieties often have green legs or willow legs, but it's not a DQ, just an issue

 

[rtroxel]

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Sorry to bring this back up, but I wonder if pea comb has any effect on fertility and if not, why we don't just make the switch to pea comb birds instead of rose comb. The pea comb gene is independent of rose comb and the combination makes a walnut comb. It seems to me like it would be easy enough to make a couple crosses and get a more usable, fertile breed. I'm not saying I don't like Rose combs, but keeping a gene that is scientifically proven to lower fertility (especially in commercial situations), seems kind of stupid. It might be arrogant, too.

It's a little like breeding an animal with only one testicle and saying that that is better just because that's the way it's always been in that breed...


Another question: Does rose comb affect fertility on Rosecomb bantams? or other breeds? I guess I can't see why not, but I've never had another rose comb breed.

 

[WVchick71]

Im a little confused....what type of comb "should" a BLRW have? What about other WY's?

 

[marquisella]

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iWyandottes should have a rose comb

 

[marquisella]

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Sorry to bring this back up, but I wonder if pea comb has any effect on fertility and if not, why we don't just make the switch to pea comb birds instead of rose comb. The pea comb gene is independent of rose comb and the combination makes a walnut comb. It seems to me like it would be easy enough to make a couple crosses and get a more usable, fertile breed. I'm not saying I don't like Rose combs, but keeping a gene that is scientifically proven to lower fertility (especially in commercial situations), seems kind of stupid. It might be arrogant, too.

It's a little like breeding an animal with only one testicle and saying that that is better just because that's the way it's always been in that breed...


Another question: Does rose comb affect fertility on Rosecomb bantams? or other breeds? I guess I can't see why not, but I've never had another rose comb breed.

The original Wyandotte was accepted into the ApA with a rose comb. I dont' see that changing.

 

[rtroxel]

Well, I understand that it was accepted into the standard as a rose comb. I'm trying to stir the pot a little. Why not change the standard? Or at least add new varieties? I'm kind of tired of hatching less wyandottes than cochins every year just because I fight fertility until April...

 

[cedar post]

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Speaking on fertility, does anyone trim the behinds of your wyandottes at all to help fertility? I always liked the pea comb breeds.

 

[WVchick71]

How does the comb effect fertility?