The Wyandotte Thread

[Texasmja]

I often find my Wyandotte roos in the nest boxes after the girls get out.... never thought they wanted the babies too LOL

BTW 3 More SLW chicks hatched

SLOWLY I am getting some babies.

MY Splash Laced Red started laying again. I guess she is recovered from her injuries from the roo..... now what to do with her???? I guess I will put her with the older roo and maybe the younger roo with a couple of hens. Maybe they will teach him some manners. LOL.... note to self.... MUST TRIM HIS TOE NAILS!

Yeah for more chicks! I guess the young guy is doing a good job.

 

[WyandotteTX]

I dont ever set any eggs under hens. Cannot trust them with hatching the eggs out. All done in an incubator and been that way for probably two decades at least. Eggs are too valuable to do the alternative.
Males will get into the nest to stimulate hens to lay eggs. Some are goofy about it. I had alot of Cornish bantam males that would do it but rarely ever Wyandottes.

 

[Texasmja]

I dont ever set any eggs under hens. Cannot trust them with hatching the eggs out. All done in an incubator and been that way for probably two decades at least. Eggs are too valuable to do the alternative.
Males will get into the nest to stimulate hens to lay eggs. Some are goofy about it. I had alot of Cornish bantam males that would do it but rarely ever Wyandottes.

Have you ever let a broody raise your chicks after you hatch? It is nice to have one that will.

 

[NanaKat]

When I have a hen go broody I will try to break her if the timing is off. If she won't break or I want the hen to set, I place her in a brood cage or in the brooder room in a nest box on the lowest row of nest boxes. If a hen seems jittery, i place her in a nest box on the floor in a nest box that will later be moved inside a brooder cage. I give the hen 6 to 18 eggs depending on her size and experience. Eggs are candled at day10 in the evening and any hen on a floor nest is moved to a brood cage and allowed to hatch her chicks.

Wyandottes and Cochins make the move easier than any of my other hens. Most will growl but sit tight to the eggs.

After hatch, the brood cage is set on the floor in the brood room for several days and the door is opened for the hen to take her chicks wherever she chooses. I change out the straw while she has her chicks exploring the floor. Some hens will coop their chicks at night In the brood cage and some will make a floor nest in a corner or under one of the cage racks.

Bantam Roos and Cochin Roos don't stay in the same area with broody hens. More damage is caused by Roos to eggs than by hens. The girls often lay in certain nests and seem more cautious with eggs.

Beau's sire was a great rooster for sharing nest time and relieving a setting hen. But even with Beau, I will move a CW hen to a brood cage when I candle the eggs.

 

[jockeyeba]

Here are some recent pictures of my girls and babies The boy I am planning on keeping. Already a bit bigger than1/2 his dad is and he is less than 6 months old! Same boy from the side. Another boy I have considered keeping. His saddle is a little dark though. Better detail of the darker saddle boy. Should I keep him to see how he grows up or cull him? His type is looking good just his color I have doubts about. He is also missing a toe on his right foot... If he did become a show bird he would just get points deducted for the toe correct? or would he be disqualified? First boy pictured again 1st boy (leaning down) and 2nd boy (pictured on the front right). The birds in the back ground are the parents. They are already getting to be their size. My boy Copernicus and one of his ladies. All the babies I have hatched have been from him. This girl is actually a hatchery bird. She has some dirty feathers but she is a big girl with some nice type. Some of the babies pictured are hers. I'm hoping she will add some unknown blood into my group. I know many say not to do this but she has many positive attributes like still laying at the age of 4 years, type, lacing, wide head, etc. I feel she will add some good traits to my babies. Copernicus posing for me. He has almost doubled in size since I have gotten him. Looks like he rolling in something and got his saddle dirty lol.

I love looking at Dottes

 

[jockeyeba]

Here's a couple pictures of Rylie, aka: miss fluffy butt.

pretty color

 

[cubakid]

Is it common practice of Blue Laced Red showman to show the Black Laced Reds as Gold Laced? It happens every time a BLR bantam is show there is a "gold laced"

 

[Bleenie]

The Mahagony & Gold colors are usually noticably different, I imagine a good judge would be able to tell that a Black Laced Red is not a Gold Laced. But I don't show so hopefully someone else will chime in on this.

 

[Allicoop]

Here are my BLRW'S,,,2 hens and 1 rooster

Hi Marymac, I love the dark red on this hen, she's a Wyandotte, but what is she classed as red? Might sound silly but I've had chooks for years but never really had an interest in breeds until I started incubating my own.

 

[PeakyBeaky]

As Bleenie said, they are not the same. And they look nothing alike-a judge would know. So if you are seeing "gold laced" bantams, they may actually be golds and not BLR.

Is it common practice of Blue Laced Red showman to show the Black Laced Reds as Gold Laced? It happens every time a BLR bantam is show there is a "gold laced"