The Wyandotte Thread

[DMRippy]

Ok.. I need opinions. I have been researching wyandotte color genetics for a while now, and still am not completely sure of everything. We have 4 SLW pullets, 4 BLRW (1 possible roo), and 1 GLW roo... still fairly young. We only want one rooster, so my husband and I have been debating on which to keep if it turns out we have two. We will possibly be hatching some chicks in the future to keep for ourselves, or selling chicks to other backyard chicken keepers in the neighborhood. We don't need show quality perfection, but just wondering which would be the better color roo to keep for something like this.

If you keep the BLRW roo over SLW hens you will have sex links. The roos from that cross will be silver with some red leaking. The pullets might look more golden but you would have to see. I personally would not keep the GLW since you don't have any females.

 

[hebertchick12]

I would love to have some GLW females in my flock... I thought I read that I could get some GLW pullets by crossing a GLW roo with a SLW hen. Is that right?

 

[DMRippy]

I would love to have some GLW females in my flock... I thought I read that I could get some GLW pullets by crossing a GLW roo with a SLW hen. Is that right?

That would still be a sex link cross.... I would think the gold would really dilute down. With the BLRW you would get some that look like GLW too... maybe some blue Golds too.

 

[dajen]

GLW roo to a SLW pullet will give you Pullets that are GLW and split/SL Roos. You eat the Roos and breed the Pullets back to their father and only keep the Pullets again. Then you have GLW Pullets and roo.
It all depends on what colors you want in your yard.

 

[hebertchick12]

Thank you, dajen. That is what I am thinking about doing. Just wanted some confirmation that I was thinking correctly.

I want some GLW pullets in my yard!

 

[Papas Chickens]

Thank you, dajen. That is what I am thinking about doing. Just wanted some confirmation that I was thinking correctly.

I want some GLW pullets in my yard!

Here is a pic of one of my GLW.

 

[MommaHen77]

Here is a pic of one of my Wybedotte I love my GLW they so pretty they remind of a monarch Butterfly

 

[wny egger]

heres a bunch of pics of my columbians..some have good color and some lack good markings ...i do love the diffrent necklaces they have ..i always think of pearls for some reason ..lol i guess its like a pearl necklace..




i no some have flat backs ..but it seems like some will hold their tails up nice at times and at other times they look flatt..







as you can see they are alot bigger then the wellies ..the wyandottes tend to bullie the wellies and i think maybe pushing the wellies away from the feeders ..they are the same age ..15 or 16 weeks now ..i have 4 production birdfs i'll be introducing to them once they are all on layer feed..another few weeks till then..

 

[shawna chicks]

[/IMG]this is my babies they are about 4 months old Ann's i am waiting for eggs! !!

 

[Hens and Roos]

Does anyone have pictures of GLW chicks that they can post......we think we ended up with some.

Here they are:

Thanks!