The Wyandotte Thread

[OSUman]

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They look beautiful! They almost look orange.

Is that the same as the mille fleure they have in Germany? I think there's a couple of pics on feathersite.

No its GL bird with mottling.

 

[skylinepoultry]

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Is that the same as the mille fleure they have in Germany? I think there's a couple of pics on feathersite.

No its GL bird with mottling.

Yes, that's it. Or at least that's the recipe. Its a five year process and it would be easy to do. If I didn't have so many projects on myb plate now Id do it. Any takers?

 

[MrsChickendad]

Is this the link you are looking for the Tolbunt Wyandotte?

http://www.chickencolours.com/TollbuntWyanEng.pdf

 

[OSUman]

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Yes thats the pic that I havent been able to find.

 

[Craig'sHens]

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Yes thats the pic that I havent been able to find.

At the end of the article it says it's created in photoshop. Are there other photos?

 

[Longhorns&Chickens]

Craig'sHens :

Longhorns&Chickens :

Hi! I'm a new chicken owner, growing up my parents had a few, but its a whole different story when their your own! My family owns SL wyandottes. I love these birds!!

They are pretty and getting friendly. I don't know any thing about them, besides what I've read on here and in a few poultry books. I love all the pics on here. The other colors are absolutely gorgeous!!

I would love to have more colors, but limited by space...and we are getting 4 maran pullets in the spring. What is the problem with hatchery birds? I don't really understand much about that, and while looking for the chickens I bought that came up. Mine came off from Craig's list, but they are young, maybe 16 wks when we got them. Now at 20+ wks we are getting pullet eggs very regularly, maybe 4-5 a day. Any helpful information on chickens in general would be great!


http://i1235.photobucket.com/albums/ff423/longhorns-chickens/8-3028.jpg
This is our sl wyandotte roo, my kids have named Tom
http://i1235.photobucket.com/albums/ff423/longhorns-chickens/aug12009.jpg
http://i1235.photobucket.com/albums/ff423/longhorns-chickens/aug12040.jpg
These are some of his ladies.

You know, i think hatchery birds are interesting in their own right. The breeders enjoy breeding the birds to meet the standard of the APA or ABA for show purpose. I can't say I'm a breeder since I have my first birds (6-7 weeks old) myself, but find it interesting to learn as much as I can about them.

Enjoy your birds.​

Thanks for the info! I guess we're more into the eggs...I love the colors and temperment, but mine have to produce to stick around!​

 

[sjarvis00]

Longhorns&Chickens :

Craig'sHens :

Longhorns&Chickens :

Hi! I'm a new chicken owner, growing up my parents had a few, but its a whole different story when their your own! My family owns SL wyandottes. I love these birds!!

They are pretty and getting friendly. I don't know any thing about them, besides what I've read on here and in a few poultry books. I love all the pics on here. The other colors are absolutely gorgeous!!

I would love to have more colors, but limited by space...and we are getting 4 maran pullets in the spring. What is the problem with hatchery birds? I don't really understand much about that, and while looking for the chickens I bought that came up. Mine came off from Craig's list, but they are young, maybe 16 wks when we got them. Now at 20+ wks we are getting pullet eggs very regularly, maybe 4-5 a day. Any helpful information on chickens in general would be great!


http://i1235.photobucket.com/albums/ff423/longhorns-chickens/8-3028.jpg
This is our sl wyandotte roo, my kids have named Tom
http://i1235.photobucket.com/albums/ff423/longhorns-chickens/aug12009.jpg
http://i1235.photobucket.com/albums/ff423/longhorns-chickens/aug12040.jpg
These are some of his ladies.

You know, i think hatchery birds are interesting in their own right. The breeders enjoy breeding the birds to meet the standard of the APA or ABA for show purpose. I can't say I'm a breeder since I have my first birds (6-7 weeks old) myself, but find it interesting to learn as much as I can about them.

Enjoy your birds.

Thanks for the info! I guess we're more into the eggs...I love the colors and temperment, but mine have to produce to stick around!​

We don't produce them strictly for show. it is more to preserve the breed as it was intended to be, dual purpose with a long productive life. I have birds at 5 yrs of age that stil lay 5 days a week and in the winter, I do not belive that can be said for hatchery stock. They are also larger and fuller in body making them more paletable as table fair than any hachery stock I have seen lately. We all have our color culls and they serve a purpose for the avearge person just not my breed pen.

Anymore I figure to each thier own there is a bird for everyone. Some prefer a slightly younger maturing bird that has a shorter productive life and some like a larger slightly slower maturing bird that needs rotated out of the laying pen less frequently. Breeder culls in the long run are less costly than hatchery stock every year, and truely help sustain the breed as it was intended to be.​

 

[OSUman]

Craig'sHens :

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Yes thats the pic that I havent been able to find.

At the end of the article it says it's created in photoshop. Are there other photos?​

Dang

 

[skylinepoultry]

Craig'sHens :

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Yes thats the pic that I havent been able to find.

At the end of the article it says it's created in photoshop. Are there other photos?​

I've not seen any other photos but it says its possible to do and that it does exist. Unless I read it wrong. Someone needs to really work on this.

 

[OSUman]

The first step to this project would be to find good quality GL or RL birds, and a bird with a close type and mottling.