The Wyandotte Thread

[KellyS]

Is there somewhere that shows a color inheritance for the Wyandotte. I was given a small flock of 6 birds. The roo is mostly white, and the hens are 2 BLG, 2 BLS and another mostly white bird. Of the 10 chicks that hatched, All of them are mostly white, with varied amounts of black. No gold at all and none are laced. To be expected?' I love the tiny combs and the laced birds, but it's about a dead heat between these and my Speckled sussex.

 

[Quailsong]

Yes sorry, Bantam Silver Laced Wyandotte.

 

[DMRippy]

Is there somewhere that shows a color inheritance for the Wyandotte. I was given a small flock of 6 birds. The roo is mostly white, and the hens are 2 BLG, 2 BLS and another mostly white bird. Of the 10 chicks that hatched, All of them are mostly white, with varied amounts of black.  No gold at all and none are laced. To be expected?' I love the tiny combs and the laced birds, but it's about a dead heat between these and my Speckled sussex.

ok my coffee has not kicked in but what is BLG AND BLS? gold laced and silver laced (GLW AND SLW)

white come in either dominate white or recessive white. dominate white will express the first cross rec white takes 2 copies to express. sounds like your roo I'd dominate white OR your hens also carry recessive white.....my money is on dom white since all the chicks are white. it can be leaky so you might see some other colors bleed through.

 

[TShelton54]

The mostly white male is probably Dominant White carrying silver. Since no golds were present in the first generation and the male was White carrying silver the females from him are all pure for silver. Male chicks if they are brassy may carry one gold gene from the Blue laced gold, so put them back over the gold females to get some gold males. The male chicks from the mostly white hen and the silvers will be pure for silver, since they have it on both sides. Hope this helps.

 

[Gifa]

Sorry... me again...

Here's my other SLW. (caught her with her inner eyelid out... ha!)

I understand that my other SLW has the Jimmy Durante of combs... Would this comb be considered a better size/shape??



Also, she's in the middle of her first molt right now...and only just recently started laying again... but her new tail feathers are coming in... I would like them to stop here... such a cute little pixie shape back there right now...

 

[ki4got]

The mostly white male is probably Dominant White carrying silver. Since no golds were present in the first generation and the male was White carrying silver the females from him are all pure for silver. Male chicks if they are brassy may carry one gold gene from the Blue laced gold, so put them back over the gold females to get some gold males. The male chicks from the mostly white hen and the silvers will be pure for silver, since they have it on both sides. Hope this helps.

personally, i'd sell or eat all the mixes and if you want silver or gold laced, get a correct roo for them. it's hard enough getting good lacing from 2 laced birds, let alone the generations you'd probably need to get good lacing from something that started out split dominant white...

 

[FlySammyJ]

It makes bad financial sense to wait 6-9 months for an egg. Hatchery's serve a vital purpose. With out them most people would not have chickens. If you read the history of hatchery's and how they increase production it is quite educational. I will post a few examples and I am sure you can find more. I urge you to contact all the hatchery's and ask them for the history of production and how they get a specific breed of chicken that should weigh 9 lbs and start producing at 9 months to produce at 16 weeks and weigh 5lbs. I would love to hear about your results! It would be very educational and I am sure many people would love the additional knowledge.

My wyandottes from Cackle are more than 5 months old and not laying. There are lots of hatcheries that follow the poor practices you describe and of course a small breeder is usually preferable, but I think you're over-generalizing.

 

[NanaKat]

Several Wyandotte hens here are sitting on a flush of Delaware Bantam eggs that I could not resist hatching. One lady has three chicks that popped out yesterday and a few more are pipping. These hens will make wonderful mothers even with winter fast approaching.

 

[dracoe19]

2 new additions and a youngster that finally filled in.

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[CyndiChick]

Beautiful!