The Wyandotte Thread

[sixpugs]

Does anyone have any links or information to conditioning Wyandotte bantams before a show? Thanks.

There are some sites and some good articles out there. It is actually better to locate a breeder that will take you under their "wing" if you will and give you some helpful hints. Showing chickens is extremely rewarding but it is also filled with alot of old school exhibitors who try and keep their secrets close to the vest.
I would be happy to try and answer questions for you, if you could give me specifics. I don't know alot, but I hold my own at the shows. Feel free to post some specific questions and I am sure that myself or other show people would be happy to try and get you pointed in the right direction.
I should ask first:
Are you an ABA, APA or specific breed club member?
Do you Subscribe to Poultry Press?

Don't get discouraged, once you get going you'll be addicted.
Jill

 

[BantyChickenLuv]

I've gone too shows before, but only once with a Wyandotte. I usaully show Cochin bantams so the conditioning for this breed is different for me. My main question is when does everyone wash their Wyandottes before a show? With my Cochins I tend to wash them the day before the show so they don't get their feather footing all covered in shavings. I'm sure it's different for Wyandottes.

Right now I'm a member of the PNPA (Pacific Northwest Poultry Association) and am working on becoming a member of the ABA and Cochins International. Depending on how much I like the other breeds I'm working on right now (Wyandottes, Serama's) I may become a member of those clubs. I'm going to a few shows over the next few months and am hoping to meet a few good Wyandotte breeders.

I apologize for the lack of good pictures. The male fights me when I pick him up and if I set him down he will run away. Every night I've been holding him, and showing his wings, head, etc. like a judge would in a show. Hopefully there will be a point where I can set him down on a table and not have to worry about him running away. He is still young (I'm assuming he hatched late September/early October but I don't know for sure). And I think he is just finishing up the second juvenile molt.

Thanks for you help!

 

[ki4got]

I've gone too shows before, but only once with a Wyandotte. I usaully show Cochin bantams so the conditioning for this breed is different for me. My main question is when does everyone wash their Wyandottes before a show? With my Cochins I tend to wash them the day before the show so they don't get their feather footing all covered in shavings. I'm sure it's different for Wyandottes.

Right now I'm a member of the PNPA (Pacific Northwest Poultry Association) and am working on becoming a member of the ABA and Cochins International. Depending on how much I like the other breeds I'm working on right now (Wyandottes, Serama's) I may become a member of those clubs. I'm going to a few shows over the next few months and am hoping to meet a few good Wyandotte breeders.

I apologize for the lack of good pictures. The male fights me when I pick him up and if I set him down he will run away. Every night I've been holding him, and showing his wings, head, etc. like a judge would in a show. Hopefully there will be a point where I can set him down on a table and not have to worry about him running away. He is still young (I'm assuming he hatched late September/early October but I don't know for sure). And I think he is just finishing up the second juvenile molt.

Thanks for you help!

my suggestion for getting good pics... get him used to perching on something specific. i use my husband's chair at his computer... like this.
(SFH, not wyandotte, but they're chicks i just got yesterday and you can see how they handled it).






granted none of them posed very well, but hey, i'd only had them an hour! LOL

they even tolerated my goofy standard poodle running around with his squeaky grunty toy. LOL

 

[dracoe19]

I don't have any recent pictures or information to contribute but when I found this older picture it made me laugh. All I can think of when I see this picture is, "Those darn kids always gettin' on my lawn!" The goofy youngsters like to jump on top of our yellow pens to sit. They are to good to sit on the log pile like the boring adults. lol!

 

[Bleenie]

I finally got the pics to work! This is my 5 month old LF Black cockeral. So does he have a Bunny Tail?

 

[BantyChickenLuv]

I'm no expert but right off the back I can see that his feet are not yellow as wanted in the standard. Also, he has a purple sheen in some parts which is a defect.

 

[BlueCamas]

I finally got the pics to work! This is my 5 month old LF Black cockeral. So does he have a Bunny Tail?

For LF, 5 months is waaaaay to young to judge quality. LF Wyandottes mature slowly so I'd wait at LEAST 3 more months until I'd judge him. I woudn't worry if he has a "bunny tail", it's very rare in LF, mainly just a bantam problem. I'd be looking at his legs, the look very dusky as opposed to yellow as they should be. Again, he is just a baby so I wouldn't worry about anything just yet

Oh and IMO he's gorgeous!!! Love that shine!

 

[delisha]

Quote: I agree 100%. I never feed medicated feed and i never feed layer. I have never had cocci in 35 years..and I raise Cornish X too. My birds are on the ground at day three or the dirt is brought to the birds. I do not feed layer because it contains to much stuff to harm young chicks and cockerels. my chicks are on the ground with adults. i can feed my layers real calcium on the side. I do not need to pay extra for it in a bag that can harm other poultry. My brooder had a dirt plug from the yard this time of year since I have two feet of snow.

 

[dracoe19]

I thought I would share a picture of one of my pullets tails. I really like the base width of her tail. So far good tails from my last years hatch.

 

[SeattleLeah]

I thought I would share a picture of one of my pullets tails. I really like the base width of her tail. So far good tails from my last years hatch.

Oh my goodness she is gorgeous! Ive been drooling over this thread for a while and am desperate for some good quality SLW. I keep buying on ebay because they are so rare to find on BYC. If anyone has some eggs to sell, please PM me. They dont have to be perfect, I dont show, I just want some of that lovely lacing for my backyard flock!