The Wyandotte Thread

[MommaHen77]

Pics of my New Silver babies... some of the nicest chicks I've ever had! [COLOR=B42000] [/COLOR]

BEAUTIFUL!!

 

[Faith Chick]

BEAUTIFUL!!

Thanks, Im excited to see how they turn out.

 

[MommaHen77]

Thanks, Im excited to see how they turn out.

oh I I bet I don't blame and I wish you Luck with them they are Beautiful!!

 

[Fancychooklady]

My newbies. Just fluffed .

 

[Junibutt]

I am pretty sure it has been posted before, but would like to hear it first hand again from the experts here:

There is a farm I just visited and the farm owner had a gorgeous Silver Laced Wyandotte rooster and an equally gorgeous Blue Laced Red Wyandotte hen purchased directly from Foley. The hen was hatching chicks while I was there and 11 of the 12 eggs had hatched already.

So what would be the results of this cross? I tried to use the chicken calculator but the color options for Silver Laced were confusing, for example:

Black patterned silver laced
Silver Laced Black Tail
Silver Laced Sebright

Obviously I am interested in getting these chicks and also maybe experiment with them a bit, but want to make an informed decision.

 

[WendyF]

My newbies. Just fluffed .

they are so adorable! Did u hatch them in an incubator?

 

[Fancychooklady]

they are so adorable! Did u hatch them in an incubator?

Thanks. They were hatched under a silkie surrogate .

 

[MommaHen77]

they are so adorable! Did u hatch them in an incubator?

Aww too cute!

 

[CashandTracy]

Yes it would be a DQ.... cull for it.... hum I would have to wait and see how it plays out. She would have to be REALLY REALLY GOOD to keep her with it. Sounds like there is not much of it and I would think if you breed her she might not throw chicks with it but then she could throw lots of chicks with it. Test mate her and see what you get. The genes are there you just don't want them to express.

I finally got some pics of her. It looks like some of the feathers may have fallen out on their own. Please tell me what you think. Dose she have enough quality to test breed her? I'm still learning and it's hard to visualize what a correct bird looks like, especially when comparing pics to live birds.

 

[CashandTracy]

I have a question about combs. Is the standard looking for a smooth comb like the first set of pics or a "bumpy" comb like in the second set of pics. Again just learning, Thanks in advance for the assistance!


Smooth comb


Bumpy comb