The Wyandotte Thread

[dracoe19]

Birds look great!

 

[dracoe19]

Oh I hear ya! I saw them in person when I went to get some silvers and I wanted them so badly!

 

[flaming007]

YA! thats them. They are really stout. Do you like them? I will bet better pics up soon. I hope il be able to get to the show i have meetings right around that show so i dunno yet.

 

[gilavina]

YA! thats them. They are really stout. Do you like them? I will bet better pics up soon. I hope il be able to get to the show i have meetings right around that show so i dunno yet.

From what I can see in the pics I'm liking the lacing and the quality of the silver for sure! I also love the top line on the pullet in the first photo, that's a realllly nice topline going into what looks like a nice tail shape. When you get a chance I'd love more photos, particularly front, side, back and from the top if you can get them to behave for you. These are pullets and a cockerel, correct?

 

[flaming007]

OK il try to get them. Ya its a trio of this yrs hatch. That backs of those pullets are very wide. The lacing on the wings is very nice also. I am very happy with them! The combs are good also

 

[gilavina]

OK il try to get them. Ya its a trio of this yrs hatch. That backs of those pullets are very wide. The lacing on the wings is very nice also. I am very happy with them! The combs are good also

haha I hear ya on the combs! I bet that's a relief after the hatches you had this spring eh? I might be hassling you for some stock out of these new birdies in the future. Just fair warning haha!

Hope you can make it to the show too! I think its going to be a really good time.

 

[flaming007]

Fair enough. Il be hatching their chicks all spring long. Il cross that male on my females later in the spring also. I need to go through my pullets and see how many i can keep. I have some good combs in them and 1 male has a nice comb.

 

[flaming007]

I hope to get a lot of chicks out of this trio

 

[gilavina]

Fair enough. Il be hatching their chicks all spring long. Il cross that male on my females later in the spring also. I need to go through my pullets and see how many i can keep. I have some good combs in them and 1 male has a nice comb.

Sounds like a good plan. Do you use leg bands and records to keep track of matings? In this case I would recommend particularly marking the birds from each line with a different color, and track the matings you make to make sure that you can follow back to the original pairings, in case you get any more inverts crop up on you. I'd hate for you to have to fight that, but it is possible the stock you already had are hiding some dirty secrets. Probably the easiest thing to do, would be to test mate the birds you already had together to see if they are carrying, but not expressing.

 

[gilavina]

I hope to get a lot of chicks out of this trio

I sure hope you do! I'm excited for you!