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Here's another(same cross) that I am hoping is a girl. It's been "runty" since hatch but is about the same feather growth as it's hatchmates(hatched March 9th). It's down was colored like a laced baby(buff markings) but I don't think it'll be laced, or at least not very well laced.

Any guesses on sex?
 
Bleenie I love that roo! And the one you just posted too :) I think hen as well, for the same reason fancyfeathers said.

I have to wait a few days to kick out my 7 week olds now. Winter storm rolling in tonight, 10 cm of snow. Blaaah! Their coop is done (except not painted yet) so I was hoping to today. Ah well, a few more days won't hurt!

The one I've named "Big Mama" checking out the coop before it was done a few days ago


And of course holding her...I just love how friendly my Wyandottes are!


The whole coop, including doors, is insulated and we put trim on the doors to help keep out drafts. I'm thinking they'll stay cozy in our cold winters up here. They'll get a heat lamp in the winter too when it's real cold (We get into the -40's...not fair to go without a heat lamp in those temps I think!).
 
Wow im glad we don't get tempuratures like that! Our birds get more heat then cold.

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primalchick said:
Bleenie I love that roo! And the one you just posted too :) I think hen as well, for the same reason fancyfeathers said.

I have to wait a few days to kick out my 7 week olds now. Winter storm rolling in tonight, 10 cm of snow. Blaaah! Their coop is done (except not painted yet) so I was hoping to today. Ah well, a few more days won't hurt!

The one I've named "Big Mama" checking out the coop before it was done a few days ago


And of course holding her...I just love how friendly my Wyandottes are!


The whole coop, including doors, is insulated and we put trim on the doors to help keep out drafts. I'm thinking they'll stay cozy in our cold winters up here. They'll get a heat lamp in the winter too when it's real cold (We get into the -40's...not fair to go without a heat lamp in those temps I think!).
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I thought I'd show everyone some of my chicks. I'm going to use them for breeding.
Im not sure about the gold pullet in the first and second pic, is it OK for her to have a single comb?




 
Hello everyone,
Just thought I would give a quick update. My order from Ideal got shipped today. Probably not that exciting, but I can't wait to see them Friday morning. I just candled my eggs from Mr. Urch.at day 7. 11 of the 18 could be easily discerned to be growing. I am so Psyched. I will definately end my ordering with another egg order from Mr. Urch. In my control of barnyard mix eggs, I have 17 of 18 growing.

Fancyfeathers that is some of the best lacing I have ever seen. Are those Large Fowl or Bantams? Even with the dog in the background, I can't quite calibrate my eyes.
Talk to Y'all again soon,
 
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ShaggyRay said:
Hello everyone,
Just thought I would give a quick update. My order from Ideal got shipped today. Probably not that exciting, but I can't wait to see them Friday morning. I just candled my eggs from Mr. Urch.at day 7. 11 of the 18 could be easily discerned to be growing. I am so Psyched. I will definately end my ordering with another egg order from Mr. Urch. In my control of barnyard mix eggs, I have 17 of 18 growing.

Fancyfeathers that is some of the best lacing I have ever seen. Are those Large Fowl or Bantams? Even with the dog in the background, I can't quite calibrate my eyes.
Talk to Y'all again soon,
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Thanks!
They are large fowl around 3-4 months.

Heritagehabitfarms thanks for letting me know.
I thought it would be a problem especialy since I want them to have rose combs.
 
Single combs are recessive, so if you use the single combed pullet for breeding you will continue to have single combs pop up in your lines in the future. For that matter, if these chicks are from the same parent stock you may still have single combs popping up from time to time if any of the rose combed birds are carrying the single comb gene. Some people use single combed birds in their breeding program because they feel that it helps with fertility problems, but I think most people who don't have very large flocks don't have any fertility problems associated with the rose comb. So, if rose combs are your goal, I wouldn't breed a single combed bird.

Although, if there is a market for wyandottes as laying hens in your area most backyard flock keepers don't care much about whether their birds have the correct comb type so you could conceivably use her to test mate your cockerels to see if any of them are carrying the single comb gene. A rose combed male carrying the single comb gene should produce 50% rose combs and 50% single combs if bred to a single combed female. So if any of your boys are carrying the single comb gene, you should get some single combed chicks if they breed with her and you could then decide whether to eliminate them from your breeding program or deal with single combs if/when they pop up in the future. But other than test-mating, I doubt she would be very useful in your breeding program.
 
fancyfeathers > Yes I imagine you have to battle the heat as much as I have to battle the cold. Snow storm blew in last night and we got 4 inches so far, and it's still coming down hard. Last storm we got 11 inches in one day. Blah! I hope we don't get there. I was hoping to kick my chickens outside this weekend but we'll see what the weather does. It is supposed to stop snowing and warm to around 5 C this afternoon and stay around that for the weekend so they might be okay to go out to the coop this afternoon or tomorrow.

Also, love your chickens! They do have gorgeous lacing!! I probably wouldn't breed the single comb as others have said. I ended up with 2 with single combs in my group too. I think they are both roos though so they'll be dinner in a few months.
 
What breeds did you get from the Duane Urch eggs?


ShaggyRay said:
Hello everyone,
Just thought I would give a quick update. My order from Ideal got shipped today. Probably not that exciting, but I can't wait to see them Friday morning. I just candled my eggs from Mr. Urch.at day 7. 11 of the 18 could be easily discerned to be growing. I am so Psyched. I will definately end my ordering with another egg order from Mr. Urch. In my control of barnyard mix eggs, I have 17 of 18 growing.

Fancyfeathers that is some of the best lacing I have ever seen. Are those Large Fowl or Bantams? Even with the dog in the background, I can't quite calibrate my eyes.
Talk to Y'all again soon,
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