The Wyandotte Thread

[DMRippy]

Help!!! My 8 week old BLRW sprouted RED wattles overnight. Up until this point I was certain it was a pullet! Also the eggs were supposed to come from good stock but the lacing doesnt look very even. Is this just an age issue? I've never grown out wyandottes before. thanks!

Pretty sure that is a pullet. She has too much lacing on her wing and back to be a roo... I think.

Some example so you can see a roo compared to pullets several different ages.

 

[2seth2]

Are there any color varietys that need to be kept out of direct sunlight for showing?

 

[SeattleLeah]

Pretty sure that is a pullet. She has too much lacing on her wing and back to be a roo... I think.

Some example so you can see a roo compared to pullets several different ages.

Thanks Donna, this is very helpful!

 

[WyandotteTX]

Can anyone tell me where I can get Blue-laced Red Wyandottes that were from Jesse Paul' s old line? I think his are the prettiest I've seen, but I've heard he doesn't breed and sell them anymore. Anyone know who bought his birds?
Thanks for any info.

I am sure there are few breeders who have some of his line of birds, but "His" line was nothing more than birds he had bought from a couple other breeders. Most of the pics on his site are a few years old and most of the better breeders out there these days birds look better than his as they have all improved slowly each year.
He sold out and is driving a truck last I heard. His birds went all over to different people, dont think that any one or two people bought out his birds.
Hope this helps.
John

 

[PeakyBeaky]

Yep X2.

I don't have blue wyandottes but as I understand it ALL blue birds should have lacing.

 

[ki4got]

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I don't have blue wyandottes but as I understand it ALL blue birds should have lacing.
not lacing like the blrw or silver or gold laced have... the blue 'lacing' is simply a darker edge on each feather of a blue bird... splash won't show it, some blues don't. but a properly marked blue would have a medium grey center with a darker grey edging. it's a bit visible in smee, my blrw bantam, if this pic helps... he's not double laced, it's jsut the blue edge is wide enough to show blue and the darker grey outer edge on some of his feathers.

here's the full sized pic, then a closeup (blown up a bit) of his chest/side, lightened a bit to show more contrast



here's a pic of an andalusian that shows good blue lacing. i snagged off another post... NOT MY BIRD (from https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/680454/an-unusual-chicken-rp)

again not lacing genetically, like the silver and gold laced, or blrw, but you see the effect of the blue gene.

 

[ki4got]

Are there any color varietys that need to be kept out of direct sunlight for showing?

IMO if a variety has to be kept OUT of direct sunlight for any reason, there's something wrong with the line...

some lines of whites tend to yellow, others don't, when in direct sunlight.

these aren't mine, but a fellow dorking breeder's birds *yellow house farm*... he doesn't treat them special in any way, and has managed to breed out any dingy yellowish tendencies. awesome birds IMO, and these are the ONLY whites i'd consider keeping, if i had whites ever.
you can see on the roo's breast, a bit of a yellow tinge, but all my roos get that, where water dribbles down off their wattles after drinking. it washes out with a bath, prior to a show.

again, these are white dorkings, not wyandottes... (yes, that is the proper rose comb for a dorking)

 

[DMRippy]

Quote: Pretty birds!

This about white was brought up on another thread a few months ago and there was some discussion about rec white vs dom white. I can't remember how that shook out but what sticks in my head is Rec white is better, but the dom vs rec and yellowing I can't remember. My WL don't have it.... hum. It was also brought up on another thread about cuckoos getting straw coloring in the feathers that molt out and must be sun bleaching. I would like to know if it a genetic thing or not.

 

[ki4got]

Quote: Pretty birds!

This about white was brought up on another thread a few months ago and there was some discussion about rec white vs dom white. I can't remember how that shook out but what sticks in my head is Rec white is better, but the dom vs rec and yellowing I can't remember. My WL don't have it.... hum. It was also brought up on another thread about cuckoos getting straw coloring in the feathers that molt out and must be sun bleaching. I would like to know if it a genetic thing or not.
well, joe said initially he had problems with yellowing but was able to breed it out... i don't know whether it's dom or rec. white (dom i think) but i do know that his line also carries cuckoo (barring) discovered when he crossed out to silver grey to improve size and type. yeah pretty sure dominant, he said every now and then, very rarely now, he might get a throwback. that would only happen with recessive genes hiding for a while.

 

[gladahmae]

not lacing like the blrw or silver or gold laced have... the blue 'lacing' is simply a darker edge on each feather of a blue bird... splash won't show it, some blues don't. but a properly marked blue would have a medium grey center with a darker grey edging. it's a bit visible in smee, my blrw bantam, if this pic helps... he's not double laced, it's jsut the blue edge is wide enough to show blue and the darker grey outer edge on some of his feathers.

here's the full sized pic, then a closeup (blown up a bit) of his chest/side, lightened a bit to show more contrast



here's a pic of an andalusian that shows good blue lacing. i snagged off another post... NOT MY BIRD (from https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/680454/an-unusual-chicken-rp)

again not lacing genetically, like the silver and gold laced, or blrw, but you see the effect of the blue gene.

wow! ok. SO interesting! Thanks!