The Wyandotte Thread

[BantyChickenLuv]

Just found this picture... Sorry if I'm flooding the thread.

 

[dracoe19]

It looks like she does have a bunny tail. Hatching out a bunch of chicks and just being aware to try to get the bunny tails out is a good start. Over 60% of all Wyandotte bantams I see have bunny tails. I even saw bunny tails at the Ohio national show in many of the birds.

 

[Outrun Acres]

I'm fairly new to Wyandottes. What is a bunny tail?

 

[NanaKat]

I'm fairly new to Wyandottes. What is a bunny tail?

A bunny tail is a tail that looks more Cochin than Wyandotte.
A proper Wyandotte tail is a tent shape made of hard (firm) feathers. The inside of the tent has a mixture of feathers and downy undercoat feathers.
A bunny tail is a bunch of soft fluffy feathers...not Standard of Perfection for Wyandotte.

 

[ki4got]

I'm fairly new to Wyandottes. What is a bunny tail?

this is a bunny tail...


this is a good tail... from side and rear. don't have a good side view of the girl above.

 

[Texasmja]

This is a nice open tail as I would call it, looks like a Tee-Pee or upside down V. This is one of the things high on my list and what I am breeding for.

 

[NanaKat]

Nice pictures worth a thousand words!

 

[BantyChickenLuv]

It looks like she does have a bunny tail. Hatching out a bunch of chicks and just being aware to try to get the bunny tails out is a good start. Over 60% of all Wyandotte bantams I see have bunny tails. I even saw bunny tails at the Ohio national show in many of the birds. 

Thank you for confirming that. I'm still new to Wyandottes and remembered a disscussion a while back about bunny tails. The cockerel has a nice tent shaped tail so hopefully this up coming winter when I do hatch eggs from them he will be able to improve the tails on the pullets I hatch.

 

[tdhenson86]

Quote:
Thanks, everyone, for the pictures to help explain bunny tails! Personally, I like the bunny tail on cochins, but it is good to know to breed away from this in Wyandottes.

Thanks!
Tim

 

[chickens44]

I actually like the bunny