The Wyandotte Thread

[chickens44]

Tails

 

[Texasmja]

I actually like the bunny

They are real cute on Cochins! But not desirable in Wyandottes.

 

[ki4got]

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lol in truth my preference is for cochins over wyandottes... i love that superfluff look...

here is one of my mille fleur cochin girls, for example... but bunny tails are frowned upon in cochins too... the cushion should be nice and uniform, not cutting in at the sides like a 'bunny tail' does...


more cochins, with bunny tail type... (tho it is possible to breed out... these hens are the mothers of all my mfc babies, including the girl above) - btw, they're blue partridge split for mottled, bred with mille fleur cochin roo.

 

[WyandotteTX]

While bunny tails do exist within certain varieties of the bantams, it is not near as much of a problem as it was 15 years ago. It is getting better, mainly because judges have been educated about the issue.
As for LF, bunny tails are almost non-existant. In all my years I do not think I have every seen a bunny tailed large fowl.
John

 

[dracoe19]

I agree I I have never seen a bunny tail on a LF. Also just an input on my breeding. I have a male Wyandotte with a nice wide tail. It is pretty much perfect but many of my hens have narrow tail bases. So far my pairings of wide male tail with narrow or okay tails on my females have given me good to great base width in my offspring. I'll have to get a few pictures of my breeders tails. If you can get a good male with a wide tail it should pass on (at least from my experience so far). Not sure about how it would work with bunny tails though since none of mine have it. It could possibly work the same?

 

[Gargoyle]

You need a chicken with a bunny tail if you're planning to hatch easter eggs.

 

[BantyChickenLuv]

dracoe19,
I think I'm reading your post correctly. I would hope that a male with a good tail bred to a pullet/hen with a bunny tail would fix the problem, wether or not it takes a couple generations? This trio is all I have to work with as far as Wyandottes. I know they are way better than any hatchery bird but not the greatest. I think it's as good place as any for me to start.

I agree I I have never seen a bunny tail on a LF. Also just an input on my breeding. I have a male Wyandotte with a nice wide tail. It is pretty much perfect but many of my hens have narrow tail bases. So far my pairings of wide male tail with narrow or okay tails on my females have given me good to great base width in my offspring. I'll have to get a few pictures of my breeders tails. If you can get a good male with a wide tail it should pass on (at least from my experience so far). Not sure about how it would work with bunny tails though since none of mine have it. It could possibly work the same? 

 

[dracoe19]

Took me a second to get the joke haha

 

[Outrun Acres]

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.

Thank you for posting such great pictures. It is very easy to understand now, what a "bunny tail" is.

 

[DMRippy]

I will have to get you pictures of my LF Choc Wyandotte....... she has the BEST bunny tail you have ever seen.... she is on the small side though.