The Wyandotte Thread

[joceeghost]

what hatchery line slw do you have Hardin ? And how do they conform to the standard ?

they have some really really nice ones! I seen these birds in person. Now I'm waiting my turn for Chicks!

 

[ki4got]

love that dun laced girl. very pretty!

Quote Rare Feathers Farm:

 

[ki4got]

Quote: it doesn't take them long to get up to size, most of my girls get up to size within a month of starting out... if they go broody (most do within a month of starting laying it seems, this year) then the eggs are even bigger once they start back it seems.

 

[dajen]

I have a question for the masses.

Do breeders use their Roosters with their own offspring and do you mate hatchmates to each other?

I'm interested in the various answers and reasoning behind those answers. Please remember that I'm a longtime boxer breeder and our breeding practices may vary.

 

[ki4got]

I have a question for the masses.

Do breeders use their Roosters with their own offspring and do you mate hatchmates to each other?

I'm interested in the various answers and reasoning behind those answers. Please remember that I'm a longtime boxer breeder and our breeding practices may vary.

i believe in LINE breeding. it's easiest done by using father to daughters and mother to sons. depending on how many hens and roos you have, they're not going to always be related. if you have 2 breeding pens it's easier. keep all your best girls together, young or old, for hen-based family lines, and use the best roos from the opposite pen, either older or younger.

a better plan (that i haven't been able to implement yet) is rotational line breeding... google bob blosl. he raises reds and rocks, i believe, and has written several articles about it (tends to repeat himself, but worth looking over).

 

[2seth2]

Anyone ever have fertility issues? the first 7 eggs I incubated from my wyandotte pair 6 were clear and One blood ring. These are also my hens first 7 hens eggs and she is in with an awesome roo, but should I try my other less nice roo or give them time?

 

[BantyChickenLuv]

Anyone ever have fertility issues? the first 7 eggs I incubated from my wyandotte pair 6 were clear and One blood ring. These are also my hens first 7 hens eggs and she is in with an awesome roo, but should I try my other less nice roo or give them time?

Wyandottes are known to have fertility issues. It is linked with the rose comb.

 

[2seth2]

any idea how to help it?

 

[DMRippy]

I have a question for the masses.

Do breeders use their Roosters with their own offspring and do you mate hatchmates to each other?

I'm interested in the various answers and reasoning behind those answers. Please remember that I'm a longtime boxer breeder and our breeding practices may vary.

I try VERY HARD to NEVER breed brother and sister. Father Daughter and Mother Son seems the most common. Sometimes you have to work with what you have but the results will not be great.

 

[DMRippy]

any idea how to help it?

I used 3 different roos and the 3rd and 4th now are doing a FINE job.