The Wyandotte Thread

[handmaidleah]

These two little ones hatched two days ago... My flock contains Golden Laced and Blue Wyandottes as well as Barred Rocks. My rooster is a Blue Laced Red Wyandotte. I can't wait to see what these guys are!

 

[dajen]

It seems a little backwards to me. Honestly, for the worries I have about our GLW, they are typier than any of the BLR large fowl I've seen in person (not that I've seen all that many).

As beautiful as the BLRW color is, I have some personal sadness to see the original varieties of Wyandottes receive so little attention. New varieties are exciting, but Wyandottes already come in so many interesting varieties that are in danger of dying out. It seems a shame to lose them.

SLW are the original variety, added to the Standard in 1883. GLW were added in 1888 before even white and black. This is the heritage of the Wyandotte.

I think an easier path is to introduce new blood via SLW, which are a bit easier to get that GL (though not as easy as BLR).

I agree totally with this way of thinking. I have been doing the research with regards to adding SL and trying to get size and type. It will all take time. I have lots of that. Patience...I have some of that..LOL. I'm going to post some photos of my old Urch cock to get comments on him too.

 

[dajen]

Our 2 year old Cock from Urch...comment away!!

 

[LonelyPageTurne]

If you crossed a blrw roo to a slw hen then you get sex linked blrw hens and blg or Blg roos? If you breed the blue laced sex link hens back to the roo will you continue getting gold roos? I wanted to introduce a slw hen to try to get better lacing. ..

 

[8isenuff]

If you crossed a blrw roo to a slw hen then you get sex linked blrw hens and blg or Blg roos? If you breed the blue laced sex link hens back to the roo will you continue getting gold roos? I wanted to introduce a slw hen to try to get better lacing. ..

Is there a way to get a sex linked 'dotte? I'm very curious to hear this answer...and what if the BLRW roo is a splash? (cause that's what I have ;-) )

 

[8isenuff]

If you crossed a blrw roo to a slw hen then you get sex linked blrw hens and blg or Blg roos? If you breed the blue laced sex link hens back to the roo will you continue getting gold roos? I wanted to introduce a slw hen to try to get better lacing. ..

And I think I was told that breeding SLW to my BLRW Splash rooster would give be blue laced white males only...? (meaning blue on the outside white on the inside for the feathers) Due to the silver laced being sex linked? Is this correct?

 

[DMRippy]

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Silver is sex linked. So if the hens are Silver that sex link gene can only pass that to the roos. So crossing a SLW hen with a Splash BLRW will give you sex links. You would get Blue laced SILVER Roos and some mutt pullets. The roos would likely have some red leaking. I don't think they are as easy to sex at hatch as you hope.... not sure but I have had some Blue Laced Silvers and could not tell them from the SLW.... might can tell them easier with the BLRW.

 

[LonelyPageTurne]

If you breed a (Blue) BLRW roo x SLW hen, your offspring will look like this: Phenotypes:

	Pullets: blue patterned red laced Ratio = 1/4 = 25%, minimum of animals to breed: 4
	Pullets: black patterned red laced Ratio = 1/4 = 25%, minimum of animals to breed: 4
	Cockerels: blue patterned yellow/golden laced Ratio = 1/4 = 25%, minimum of animals to breed: 4
	Cockerels: black patterned yellow/golden laced Ratio = 1/4 = 25%, minimum of animals to breed: 4

 

[LonelyPageTurne]

Is that little illustration incorrect?

 

[8isenuff]

Silver is sex linked. So if the hens are Silver that sex link gene can only pass that to the roos. So crossing a SLW hen with a Splash BLRW will give you sex links. You would get Blue laced SILVER Roos and some mutt pullets. The roos would likely have some red leaking. I don't think they are as easy to sex at hatch as you hope.... not sure but I have had some Blue Laced Silvers and could not tell them from the SLW.... might can tell them easier with the BLRW.

Thanks for the clarification...Also, if the roo is the Silver Laced and I cross a BLRW splash hen and get Blue laced Silver hens,,,will they have red leaking as well? Is this normally how the Blue laced Silver is created or is there a true BLS line?

Sorry if I hijacked.... the original questions still stand I think:

Originally Posted by LonelyPageTurne

If you crossed a blrw roo to a slw hen then you get sex linked blrw hens and blg or Blg roos? If you breed the blue laced sex link hens back to the roo will you continue getting gold roos? I wanted to introduce a slw hen to try to get better lacing. ..