The Wyandotte Thread

[WyandotteTX]

We kinda guessed Foley used RIR to get his coloring-it happened too quickly to be just line breeding. SL do have an issue with fertitilty. They have been bred to death-and we all are suffering from it now. We had gotten some from a local breeder-but 8/12 were single combed-which he later replaced....so there is something in there to throw that. And we too see more males in breeding BLR-we just culled 12 roosters from our one grow out pen-to freezer camp with them. All you can do really, til you breed out the bad.

Jerry did use RIR in the BLR breeding but he had to. There was no other way to get the Mahogany gene back into the birds after it had been lost when all of the originals were bastardized by crossing into GL. You also have to remember that he did that cross about 5-6 years ago and has hatched well over a 1,000 birds since that time to breed for the improvements that are now evident in his strain. To me there is none better either, just my opinion.
As for the SL, they are an old strain of Wyandottes and if you want to hatch early you would need to use cockerels for fertility I would think. Otherwise your fertility will not come in until the summer time with old males. At least that is what the old breeders do, guys like Hare, Guardhouse etc....

 

[WyandotteTX]

The following breeds come in rose combed varieties, though some also accept singles too.

Ancona, d'Anvers, Dominique, Dorking (white is APA, red & colored not recognized yet), Hamburg, Leghorn, Minorca, Rhode Island Red & White, Rosecomb, Sebright, Wyandotte (of course).

I'm sure there are others, but these are the ones that I know about.

There are different types of Rose Combs as well. The combs of Hamburg, Leghorn, Ancona, Dominique and Minorca are very different in type that those of Wyandotte and RIR. They do not have any of the difficulties that Wyandottes have at times.

 

[delisha]

Thank you for the additional information..learning all I can about the breed is pretty essential. Is anyone showing BLRW this year?

 

[marktoo]

Hi! My wife and I are new chicken owners. We have 2 GLW & SLW, which we've had from day 1.. well OK... maybe day 2. Currently they're coming up on 16 weeks. Just how high can these little buggers fly as adults? We have a tractor setup, 2 actually that we butt up together. Then we have a fenced area which was about 40 " high, they started to clear that so we raised it to 58" to 72'". This evening I found 2 of them sitting on top of that fence, which gives them easy access to our neighbor's property. This whole setup is moved around in the unused area of the garden, which takes awhile to do. Are we gonna have to put a lid on this pen, clip wings or will they become more grounded as adults? From what I understand they are heavy birds, I really didn't think they would be able to get more than a foot or two off the ground. Thanks!.

 

[delisha]

Hi! My wife and I are new chicken owners. We have 2 GLW & SLW, which we've had from day 1.. well OK... maybe day 2. Currently they're coming up on 16 weeks. Just how high can these little buggers fly as adults? We have a tractor setup, 2 actually that we butt up together. Then we have a fenced area which was about 40 " high, they started to clear that so we raised it to 58" to 72'". This evening I found 2 of them sitting on top of that fence, which gives them easy access to our neighbor's property. This whole setup is moved around in the unused area of the garden, which takes awhile to do. Are we gonna have to put a lid on this pen, clip wings or will they become more grounded as adults? From what I understand they are heavy birds, I really didn't think they would be able to get more than a foot or two off the ground. Thanks!.

This is just my experience and my birds. I can't speak for all birds.

My dottes stay behind a 7 foot fence at lock up. The fence is more to keep preds out at night than to keep birds in. Some of my younger birds can clear a 5 foot fence with no problem. When mine reach about 6 months they stop trying to fly over the 5 foot. I think they reach a weight that made flying difficult.

My Orpingtons stay behind a 4 foot fence and have never tried to fly out.

(I use breeding pens during breeding season, otherwise they are out ranging) Some of my breeding pens do not have a covered top.

 

[marktoo]

Thanks again! Guess I'll have to put a lid on it & increase their rations for awhile.

 

[WyandotteTX]

Thank you for the additional information..learning all I can about the breed is pretty essential. Is anyone showing BLRW this year?

Jerry Foley is going to be showing quite a bit to get the BLR qualified into the APA. If you would like to help him, give him a call or send an email. He is funding this effort out of his own pocket as well.

 

[delisha]

Quote: I got his email and was wondering if anyone else was. I know he asked for sign ups, I never did sign up.

 

[OohLaLa]

Hi. I think the middle is a rooster can anyone help. Also this first chick is in time out. She has almost pecked a another chick to death, She is attacking everyone and everything. What do you do with a physco chick at one day old?

 

[marktoo]

Finally had to put a cover on my run. Darned birds kept getting out...doing it just to spite me. Maybe whoever is manufacturing these chicken aprons should test out some that are weighted as an alternative to clipping wings. Then we'll have muscle bound chickens. lol