The Wyandotte Thread

[ultasol]

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Could you make a new estimate for those colors? I'm interested to see your opinion. I'm sure there are birds I don't know about and people that live in places I've never heard of.

I only know a portion of the West coast. The reason I say some of your estimates are off is because I know of two or three breeds on the West coast alone that would make up the entirety of your estimate for one color (such as white). Surveys and research would be needed to make an accurate estimate, and I don't have either.

 

[Mrs. Turbo]

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you will have a mixed up Wyandotte if you do.

How old are they?? I think I am picking up a few Marans this week so a few more would be great.

ummmm.... I think they are about 6-9 weeks old.

 

[Chic-n-farmer]

Does anyone know where I can find quality Silver Penciled standards?

 

[Mrs. Turbo]

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Duane Urch has some

 

[Little peeper]

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How old are yours?

Here's a pullet
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b126/Kansaskaty/wyandottes/100_1572_final.jpg

Here's a young roo
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b126/Kansaskaty/wyandottes/SLW10-11-099_final.jpg

Well I don`t have any yet, but i`m getting some soon.TY

 

[Kelly G]

Can I just tell you guys.........waiting on my SLW from Foley's feels like I'm 6 years old and waiting for Christmas!

I am sooooooo excited!!!!!

 

[PeakyBeaky]

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It's so worth it! We can't wait til we can hatch a few more...but we just got another 8+ inches of snow last night...I really want spring! Where is that Easter Bunny?

 

[wayne86]

I haven't been on here in a couple of weeks. I wanted to chime in on Rudy's wyandotte breeder estimates. I show all over the country and very rarely see any of the colored varieties. I usually don't have competition in whites unless it's a large show. Of the white breeders out there (large fowl) I can only name a few that I can think of and know of. These guys are all raising a good number of whites each year and showing them on a fairly regular basis. These guys would include: Larry Dye(OK), Rick Hare(NY), Don Ryan(MN), Tom Nelson(ME), James DeWitt(KY), Jesse Paul(FL). These would be the guys I would consider "serious" breeders. Between all of us I would guess there may be 200 to 300 breeding birds. Probably closer to 200. Then there are several people I know that still have and occassionally show them. However, these people are not hatching more than 20 chicks a year. This is WHITES! Probably the most popular RECOGNIZED color. There may even be more SILVER LACED than whites! I would guess no more than 3 to 4 hundred show quality breeders in a given year.
Then you look at the rare varieties. Foley's, Konecny, and Shank are the only people I can think of that ever show Blacks. Dave Lefeber and Dave Anderson are the only two people that I know of breeding Buffs. Warren Carlow had advertised them before, but I have never seen them. Columbians are possibly making a comeback. Dave Lefeber and Don Monke have shown some pretty good ones. Don's are as big as the whites! Paul's Poultry has some beautiful Columbians posted on their website. (I would love to see them in person). Silver Pencilled are definately in need of some dedicated breeders. I do know Duane Urch has them about as good as you will find. Partridge are making a comeback. Rudy did a very good job of dispersing them among several fanciers. Now that he's back into it there is interest at every show for his birds. Hopefully Foley's, Rudy, and several others involved in the project can get them back in the showroom.
Anyway, my point is this....It is easy to think the estimates are low but when you really start looking into and finding out how few breeders there really are it's kind of scary.

Jonathan

 

[Nava]

Katy, your babies are having babies

 

[turbo]

I hit alot of shows in the last two years and the serious SLW breeders I ran into are Lora Kershaw, Rick Hare, Dave Lefeber, Don Monke, Bill Guardhouse, and Gary Overton...I know Don Ryan raises them too...so that is a decent list. I know of a few other breeders of SLW...but I did not see them show SLW in the last two years at any major shows...and not sure how many chicks they raised or if they even raised any.

Growing out 200+ SLW in 2010 and i think I ended up going into winter with 5 cockbirds and probably 18 hens and pullets...so I had less than 25 breeder quality and SQ quality SLW on our farm. I doubt if anyone I mentioned kept that many going into winter except Lora K. and Bill Guardhouse...so add that up and that is not a lot of birds.

I still think that the Partridge and Silver Penciled would have the smallest numbers....well maybe Blacks too....although i have shipped out alot of Blacks in the last two years..

Mrs. Turbo is working on hard on repopulating the earth with Partridge....she has a small army of them feathered out in brooders with more hatching every week.

Jerry