The Wyandotte Thread

[Outrun Acres]

my new babies

Ah so cute! Do you know what colors they are going to be?

 

[brandib1982]

Golden laced these are my fIrst of the breed. quote name="Outrun Acres" url="/t/279470/the-wyandotte-thread/7230#post_10583660"]Ah so cute! Do you know what colors they are going to be?
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[dajen]

Question for the wiser...

Mar 4 will be day 21 from when I put my eggs in the incubator. Can you tell me what day I would take them out of the turner racks and onto the wire floor of the incubator?

Jen

 

[tdhenson86]

Question for the wiser...

Mar 4 will be day 21 from when I put my eggs in the incubator. Can you tell me what day I would take them out of the turner racks and onto the wire floor of the incubator?

Jen

I would do it today.

 

[ki4got]

Quote: yup but i prefer to hatch upright using a paper egg crate. that way the firsst one out isn't scrambling the rest of the eggs running over them.

and i find the chicks like to snuggle back into an empty shell now and then to rest LOL blew my mind when one of my 'buff dorkingtons' was sitting in a blue shell. only buffs i have are hens, so i had to wonder for a sec.

 

[gladahmae]

So I have a theoretical breeding question. I currently have a SLW and GLW (both hatchery) pullets and 2 blue splash (not laced) roos. I plugged the phenotypes into kippenjungle as best I could, and according to that I would theoretically get solid blue offspring. Can this possibly be right?

Also, I'm only planning on keeping one of the 2 roos. One is more of a light blue/gray-toned splash, and the other is quite dark. However, the darker one has more pinky tones on the sides of his legs. I much prefer the color of the darker one, but I don't know if that will translate into a darker blue if I were to cross them.

Breeding the "perfect" chicken is not my goal, but I also don't want to be breeding too far away from the Wyandotte "look" if you know what I mean. I can get pictures of the roos.....well, at least try to. They tend to panic when I open the door to their little roo coop and hide in the corner.

Mostly my question is will crossing my existing pullets to one of these guys get me blue chicks?

 

[dajen]

yup but i prefer to hatch upright using a paper egg crate. that way the firsst one out isn't scrambling the rest of the eggs running over them.

and i find the chicks like to snuggle back into an empty shell now and then to rest LOL blew my mind when one of my 'buff dorkingtons' was sitting in a blue shell. only buffs i have are hens, so i had to wonder for a sec.

So use an egg carton? Or make something?

 

[ki4got]

So I have a theoretical breeding question. I currently have a SLW and GLW (both hatchery) pullets and 2 blue splash (not laced) roos. I plugged the phenotypes into kippenjungle as best I could, and according to that I would theoretically get solid blue offspring. Can this possibly be right?

Also, I'm only planning on keeping one of the 2 roos. One is more of a light blue/gray-toned splash, and the other is quite dark. However, the darker one has more pinky tones on the sides of his legs. I much prefer the color of the darker one, but I don't know if that will translate into a darker blue if I were to cross them.

Breeding the "perfect" chicken is not my goal, but I also don't want to be breeding too far away from the Wyandotte "look" if you know what I mean. I can get pictures of the roos.....well, at least try to. They tend to panic when I open the door to their little roo coop and hide in the corner.

Mostly my question is will crossing my existing pullets to one of these guys get me blue chicks?

theoretically the roo is E/E bl/bl, but an E/E bird may carry a wide range of other mutations that are hidden by the extended black, so there's no telling what else is hidden under that solid color.

the laced hens would be eb/eb Co/Co Pg/Pg Ml/Ml (ignoring the silver gene at this point) so your offspring would be Eeb Coco+ Pgpg+ Mlml+

since E (extended black) is dominant over eb (partridge/brown) you should get all extended black chicks, but the other mutations involved are also all dominant, so it's quite possible that you might have leakages involving any/all of them. and again these may be modified by whatever hidden mutations the roosters would carry. also, because of the gold, those chicks might have some red/brown leakage as well.

so theoretical genetics is one thing, practical application another.

 

[gladahmae]

theoretically the roo is E/E bl/bl, but an E/E bird may carry a wide range of other mutations that are hidden by the extended black, so there's no telling what else is hidden under that solid color.

the laced hens would be eb/eb Co/Co Pg/Pg Ml/Ml (ignoring the silver gene at this point) so your offspring would be Eeb Coco+ Pgpg+ Mlml+

since E (extended black) is dominant over eb (partridge/brown) you should get all extended black chicks, but the other mutations involved are also all dominant, so it's quite possible that you might have leakages involving any/all of them. and again these may be modified by whatever hidden mutations the roosters would carry. also, because of the gold, those chicks might have some red/brown leakage as well.

so theoretical genetics is one thing, practical application another.

OK. So I'm understanding (because I'm new to the genetics side of thing) If the roo is E/E it's more probable to get blue, because there are fewer recessive mutations that the dominant E is masking.

Wow. My head is spinning!

Does the darkness of color in the bl/bl have anything to do with the sneaky recessive/mutations?

I have nothing to lose by trying this cross, I'd just like to have an idea of what's going to come out!

 

[chickens44]

What would i get if i cross ( bantam)
Colombian Wyandotte + barred wyandotte
Colombian Wyandotte + SLW
Colombian Wyandotte + GLW
Colombian Wyandotte + Buff colombian wyandotte
Colombian Wyandotte + BRLW
Colombian Wyandotte + BLW