The Wyandotte Thread

[jockeyeba]

Thanks for the info, I checked the blr site above but the pictures didn't show up only the text? Won't a chicks feathering that young change by the time their 6-8 months old? Good luck with your projects. One more question: since 1 of my roo's is bklace is he bklred? can GL parents produce a Bklace? (old picture)

I think Black laced and black laced red are the same. I know many people just say blue laced red wyandotte - black variety. Ki4got may know more but I think breeding the GL to the BL you would start getting the gold more and lose some of the mahogany? I'm sure with lots of selective breeding it can be done but that's just my thoughts. All I have learned about BLRW has been from this thread and I know there is always way more to learn lol. Very handsome boy btw!

Thanks

 

[LittleMissPurdy]

Hello, I love this thread, so much to learn from! I recently received my first two Wyandottes. (4/26) 1-Partridge & 1- Black Laced .. We have been feeding them FF & I swear they are getting bigger by the minute!


The top pic is the most recent. The next two are 2 days after we received them....We are enjoying them immensely! Thank you for letting me share!

 

[NestingHillsSC]

Hello, I love this thread, so much to learn from! I recently received my first two Wyandottes. (4/26) 1-Partridge & 1- Black Laced .. We have been feeding them FF & I swear they are getting bigger by the minute!


The top pic is the most recent. The next two are 2 days after we received them....We are enjoying them immensely! Thank you for letting me share!

Very nice birds!

 

[LittleMissPurdy]

Very nice birds!

thank you so much!

I see so many beautiful birds on here....

hahaha It makes you appreciate the work that goes into breeding.

I have alot to learn!

 

[ki4got]

Quote: there isn't a variety known as 'black laced. there are silver and gold laced, both of whom have black lacing, and then there's blue laced red. which may come in black blue or splash lacing...

and yes, if you're breeding FOR blue laced red, the only reason to incorporate a gold laced would be to improve type. it would do NOTHING for the color. but you can breed the gold out within a few generations. using a blue (or black) laced red on a gold laced line, you're probably going to regret, since I have yet to see many blue laced reds with the type and quality of many of the gold laced lines. they're out there, but not in abundance. again it would take a few generations to get rid of the mahogany gene if you did.

and for the initial question, 2 gold laced can NOT produce a blrw, since the mahogany gene is dominant, at least one parent would need to show it.

the roo pictured above is a black laced red, to be used with blue and splash laced reds.

if someone says blue laced, black laced, or splash laced, they're referring to the blrw's... any time someone says 'blue' in chickens, black and splash are automatically presumed to be part of the lines as well, since breeding 2 blues will produce all 3. only black or splash will breed true, and will never produce the other.

 

[Mr MKK FARMS]

Hello, I love this thread, so much to learn from! I recently received my first two Wyandottes. (4/26) 1-Partridge & 1- Black Laced .. We have been feeding them FF & I swear they are getting bigger by the minute!


The top pic is the most recent. The next two are 2 days after we received them....We are enjoying them immensely! Thank you for letting me share!

Beautiful birds you've go there!

 

[Pinky Macgyver]

Hi all, I asked about this bird a while ago but now at six months it still hasn't crowed or laid an egg. So, sorry for asking again but do with think girl or boy?

 

[Texasmja]

Hi all, I asked about this bird a while ago but now at six months it still hasn't crowed or laid an egg. So, sorry for asking again but do with think girl or boy?

Cockerel

 

[DMRippy]

Quote:
Really? I think pullet. Not the best picture though. There are no saddle feathers. Very odd coloring too. A pic with the bird up right from the side, front and top would help.

 

[Texasmja]

Really? I think pullet. Not the best picture though. There are no saddle feathers. Very odd coloring too. A pic with the bird up right from the side, front and top would help.

Looks like he is hen feathered from what I can see in the picture.