The Wyandotte Thread

[suebgbr]

A pretty bad pic of my chocolate babies. They kept moving!!


And one of my favourite but the wire spoils the shot

 

[Texasmja]

Something I have noticed in general in the Wyandotte pullets after it was pointed out was that cushion on their back should not be a hump, it needs to blend right into the tail angle smoothly. Once you see a correct back on a pullet then it all falls into place of what they really should look like.

 

[Texasmja]

This picture was taken from the CSU thread on BYC. I am also including the comments by an judge.

COMMENT - This bird has three major faults. The lower breast is flat, poor wing carriage and it has a bunny tail. Notice that it is a straight line from the chest to the shanks....it should be curved/rounded like the stern. The tail is rounded instead of the "tee pee" or tent tail. This is usually because the bird does not have stiff tail feathers. More than likely it also has a narrow head. Note the length of the beak. Great camera shot though.

Walt

COMMENT - This female is a good example of a proper Wyandotte tail...it should not have that cushion right before the back though. Note the roundess and depth of the lower body compared to the Bantam pictured earlier. This is a good example of a proper profile.

Walt

 

[Texasmja]

Even though this bird is white I can see that her tail is open and has the tee pee.

 

[ki4got]

ok this was all hashed out back in november, but here's a short synopsis...

overall wyandotte topline


good wyandotte hen and roo, front, back & top views





and comparisson of top views of good and bad hens and roos




hope this helps...

 

[Bleenie]

Does anyone here on BYC own or have pictures of Vanilla Wyandottes? Feathersite has a single picture of a Roo but none of a hen.

 

[ki4got]

Does anyone here on BYC own or have pictures of Vanilla Wyandottes? Feathersite has a single picture of a Roo but none of a hen.

doesn't look like a standard variety to me, more like a buff-salmon cross possibly. or a salmon-something anyways.

 

[tdhenson86]

ok this was all hashed out back in november, but here's a short synopsis...

overall wyandotte topline


good wyandotte hen and roo, front, back & top views





and comparisson of top views of good and bad hens and roos




hope this helps...

Wow!!! That is SO helpful! I have been trying to read all these standards and words don't mean much to me. I'm a visual learner 100%.

 

[DMRippy]

There is a great book you can download for breeding wyandottes

http://archive.org/details/wyandottestandar00nour

There is one just like it for plymouth rocks too.

 

[brandib1982]

my new babies