The Wyandotte Thread

[NanaKat]

Quote: Just now in the second generation so no, not selling eggs or chicks.

 

[Ksane]

Yes, I breed Columbian Wyandotte and have three projects too. The projects are Blue Columbian, Birchen and Blue Birchen.

Wonderful! If remember correctly one that you started with with was the size of a Royal palm turkey, wasn't it? If it's the one from Carl J it was huge :-O I remember him.

I bet they are cockerels.

Shhhhh!!! Don't let them hear you!

I'm leaning strongly toward pullets. Wish we had the other two to compare them with, then we'd do better.

The other 2 had red-red combs twice as big as this already 10 days ago and pretty good sized bright red wattles to match. I hung onto these 2 in the hopes they were pullets because they don't have any comb or wattle development. But then they could be late bloomers, too.

 

[Chickenhill]

I posted this on the Silver Laced Thread after being asked egg size of LF VS Bantam and LF size VS Bantam. Our line of black bantam lay crazy large eggs. Not the norm for the rest of the bantams, except chocolate. Well they were made with the blacks so.... Thought you kids might like to see it.

The girls that laid the eggs are below and are both about a year and a half old.

Both are a not so happy to be hanging together. LOL I just washed the SL 2 hours ago so she is not fluffball self...

 

[delisha]

I love the black on your SL..beautiful crisp lacing

how much do you SL weigh?

 

[2seth2]

Does anyone here do SQ bantam golden laced? Could I cross a silver laced rooster over a golden laced hen?

 

[ki4got]

Does anyone here do SQ bantam golden laced? Could I cross a silver laced rooster over a golden laced hen?

yes you could, but you won't get any gold laced out of it. you'd get silver laced pullets and split silver cockerels. unless you want a multi-generation project you're better off just finding a gold laced to work with.

second-best would be a black laced bantam blrw, but you're probably more likely to find gold laced than blrw IMO. which would probably also be a multi-generation project (the blrw that is).

have you checked the Wyandotte breeder's list?
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/722437/2013-wyandotte-breeders-list-directory

 

[Champy89]

My first (GL) Wyandotte, Uhura (Star Trek, anyone...?). I can't wait until she gets her 'adult' feathers! I don't know about show quality, but my chickens aren't for showing anyway. I'm sure she'll still be beautiful.

 

[stuckinvtown]

Here is a photo of Ruby, my Blue Wyandotte. I bought her from a breeder in July, and according to what I was told, she is now about 36 weeks old. Question: Aren't Wyandottes supposed to have yellow legs? Do her dark legs suggest she might be a mix? Still have not gotten any eggs out of her either...

 

[stuckinvtown]

Here is a photo of Ruby, my Blue Wyandotte. I bought her from a breeder in July, and according to what I was told, she is now about 36 weeks old. Question: Aren't Wyandottes supposed to have yellow legs? Do her dark legs suggest she might be a mix? Still have not gotten any eggs out of her either...

I think I found my answer in another thread... Probably just not ideal breeding, right? She is still a Wyandotte.

 

[Scott H]

Yes, they should have yellow legs but not all do. There is also varying shades of yellow. No big deal unless you were going to start breeding for show....she's still beautiful!