The Wyandotte Thread

[DMRippy]

I can't free range. they are all penned all year. Predators all over here.

I do feed a MEAT based feed. I do think that is better. I don't think that would ferment would it???? I don't think I could keep up with that right now. I might try down the road I have looked into it. I also looked into fodder. With 400+ birds both might be a challenge.

I think I will start getting spent grains down the road again. I used to dry it and mix it with the feed but don't have time for that now. Might be good to ferment though. Kinda already started ..... or do you need the starch?

Like you said it might work for someone..... food for thought.

Thanks.

 

[delisha]

I can't free range. they are all penned all year. Predators all over here.

I do feed a MEAT based feed. I do think that is better. I don't think that would ferment would it???? I don't think I could keep up with that right now. I might try down the road I have looked into it. I also looked into fodder. With 400+ birds both might be a challenge.

I think I will start getting spent grains down the road again. I used to dry it and mix it with the feed but don't have time for that now. Might be good to ferment though. Kinda already started ..... or do you need the starch?

Like you said it might work for someone..... food for thought.

Thanks.

spent grains are great..don't dry them..toss them in a bucket of water and just feed them out..
meat based feeds do not ferment correctly. You can still get some extra benefit by wet feeding it..not much to make it worth the extra work in winter..in summer it is really worth it.
when you have time..make a green feed station you can grow in a pen..all it takes is an old gutter..a bag of dirt..and some seeds. Hang it high enough they can't reach it...plant things that grow and hang down like herbs..Oregano is the best..

 

[NanaKat]

Thank you for the information Delisha. Wyandottes do much better on a variety of feed stuff.
Will have to make the green trays. Great idea.
I have used fermented oats, wheat, Boss. The birds love them.
I read somewhere that cabbage can affect fertility...so I limit how much gets fed at one time. Sauerkraut is good. I run carrots thru a food grinder.
Pumpkins are great and help with worming. Check out local pumpkin sales like church groups. Often at the end of their sales, they practically give the excess away.
When I can apples or pears, the skins and cores go into the freezer in gallon bags to be fed out later.

Never heard of sprockets...will look that up.

 

[DMRippy]

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That is a good idea for the greens. I saw a feeder that was made out of a pallet (did you see my title??? hehe) they planted GRASS in the run and put a pallet over it, it might have had some hardware cloth under the pallet top, cant remember. ANYWAY the pallet kept the birds from DIGGING up the grass and all they could reach were the tops. I did like that idea too. I have pallets. My fear would be it would get too HOT with all the poo. You could take them out after a week or so and sweeten it up and let it rest and grow. Still not easy with 14 pens of big birds. OHHHHHH you could do it VERTICAL I saw that once too!

 

[Chickenhill]

Sorry to take up a whole page...If you are not listed and would like to be on the 2014 Wyandotte breeders list.directory PM me with your info
2014 Wyandotte Breeders List / Directory

Listed are the ABA American Bantam Association and A.P.A American Poultry Association recognized varieties. There is also a section for unrecognized association colors under large fowl and bantam.

If you will have stock available to sell, please feel free to join in! To be added to this list, PM me with the varieties you will have available, be sure to note if they are Bantam or Large Fowl and if you offer eggs, chicks, adults also if you ship or local pick up only. If you have a color not listed state your colors and they will be added to list.

NOTE: Please contact the BYC members directly for their eggs and/or stock availability, as well as, their shipping & NPIP info, Websites/Facebook ETC.

LARGE FOWL

BLUE LACED RED ( in process of becoming a recognized breed)
Chickenhill Chicks and juveniles to adults
DMRippy Ships Chicks, Eggs, and juvenilesv
ki4got Ships Eggs Local pick-up only Chicks and started birds to Adults.
PeakyBeaky Ships Chicks, Eggs, and juveniles to adults
delisha Ships Chicks, Eggs, and juveniles to adults

GOLDEN LACED

SILVER LACED
Chickenhill Chicks and juveniles to adults
dracoe19 Chicks and Eggs
DMRippy Ships Chicks, Eggs, and juveniles
slick4591 Ships Chicks, Eggs, and juveniles to adults
flaming007 Chicks to adults. Ships
PeakyBeaky Ships Chicks, Eggs, and juveniles to adults
delisha Ships Chicks, Eggs, and juveniles to adults

WHITE
DMRippy Ships Chicks, Eggs, and juveniles
BLACK

BLUE
PeakyBeaky Ships Chicks, Eggs, and juveniles to adults
BUFF

COLUMBIAN

PARTRIDGE

Chickenhill Chicks and juveniles to adults
dracoe19 Chicks and Eggs
PeakyBeaky Ships Chicks, Eggs, and juveniles to adults

SILVER PENCILED


LARGE FOWL UNRECOGNIZED COLORS BY A.P.A

Blue Laced Silver (Violet Laced)
DMRippy Chicks-local pick-up only. Ships Eggs

CHOCOLATE
DMRippy Chicks-local pick-up only. Ships Eggs

BARRED

BANTAMS
BLACK
Chickenhill Ship Chicks and juveniles to adults
Braclin Ships eggs
tandersphoenix Eggs and Chicks

BUFF

COLUMBIAN

BUFF COLUMBIAN

GOLEN LACED
Rare Feathers Farm Ships Eggs and Started Chicks

SILVER LACED
slick4591 Ships Chicks, Eggs, and juveniles to adults

BLUE
Chickenhill Chicks and juveniles to adults

WHITE
Chickenhill Ship Chicks and juveniles to adults
tandersphoenix Eggs and Chicks

PARTRIDGE
Chickenhill Chicks and juveniles to adults
PeakyBeaky Ships Chicks, Eggs, and juveniles to adults

SILVER PENCILED
PeakyBeaky Ships Chicks, Eggs, and juveniles to adults
dracoe19 Chicks and Eggs
DMRippy Ships Chicks, Eggs, and juveniles
Chickenhill Chicks and juveniles to adults


BANTAM UNRECOGNIZED COLORS BY ABA

BLUE LACED RED

Jen C Ships Eggs and Juveniles to Adults
ki4got Ships Eggs Local pick-up only Chicks and started birds to Adults.

CHOCOLATE
Chickenhill Chicks and juveniles to adults

DUN LACED
Rare Feathers Farm Ships Eggs and Started Chicks

 

[woolsheeplady08]

I love all the beautiful pictures. Wish that I could find someone that lives in Colorado that breeds them or has some for sale. I have recently built a brand new coop for 6-8 hens. I would love to have a rooster so that if I wanted to hatch my own eggs I could. I need help finding someone that has Golden, Silver, and or Blue Laced Wyndottes I am so in love with them. Please help me get started!!!!

Thanks

 

[Scott H]

I love all the beautiful pictures. Wish that I could find someone that lives in Colorado that breeds them or has some for sale. I have recently built a brand new coop for 6-8 hens. I would love to have a rooster so that if I wanted to hatch my own eggs I could. I need help finding someone that has Golden, Silver, and or Blue Laced Wyndottes I am so in love with them. Please help me get started!!!!

Thanks

Look at the post above yours and look for a breeder that ships. That's what I did. ;-)

 

[delisha]

Quote: fodder would be pretty easy a different way too..
make twice as many bags as you have pens. (buy burlap and sew three edges to make bags) ties needed for open end. I use my old string from hay bales
add one to three cup of grains to the amount of bags that you have pens and soak over night. Hang the bags or lay them flat for the grains to split and start to grow. I use wheat and BOSS.
After three days take the bags out to your coops and inside them out and hang them. I hang them from the twine I used to close the bags. Most of the seeds will have sprouted and the roots will have clung to the bags. It occupies the chickens as they jump up and get the seeds.
Start your other bags..just exchange the bags every three or four days.

 

[DMRippy]

Quote: fodder would be pretty easy a different way too..
make twice as many bags as you have pens. (buy burlap and sew three edges to make bags) ties needed for open end. I use my old string from hay bales
add one to three cup of grains to the amount of bags that you have pens and soak over night. Hang the bags or lay them flat for the grains to split and start to grow. I use wheat and BOSS.
After three days take the bags out to your coops and inside them out and hang them. I hang them from the twine I used to close the bags. Most of the seeds will have sprouted and the roots will have clung to the bags. It occupies the chickens as they jump up and get the seeds.
Start your other bags..just exchange the bags every three or four days.

A lady on the fodder thread did that for sprouts and you could grow them to fodder or pretty close. The fodder is very susceptible to mold and everything MOLDS in the barn in the summer so fodder is not a real option. I have thought about sprouts though. I can do them in a bucket too.

 

[delisha]

Yes.the 4 days would just be sprouts..