The Wyandotte Thread

[PeakyBeaky]

Aloha,

My brain says this is a dude, but my heart wants it to be a dudette. Any opinions?

Thanks, Puhi

 

[wny egger]

good morning ..i was reading your sign at the bottom of your post and i see you are breeding wyandottes ..i also see you live in pa..may i ask were bellefonte is ..i live in western ny ..oops, sorry i guess i should have read a little farther to see your website ..

i see your near state college..
we make day trips to punxsy ever spring to see family ..maybe we could stop and see some of your birds if that mite be ok ..it wouldnt be till spring ..i am hoping by rthen my wife will let me have a couiple more birds ..lol..shes not hooked on chicken math yet ..but i think shes coming along on it ..lol

i see some very large rir at the fair this yr and was told thats part of the diffrents between breeder birds and hatchery birds ..so if you think it would be ok i'd like to stop and see ..and if i can get my wife on board maybe buy a couple from ya..

 

[DMRippy]

OH did I tell you guys I got a new SPW bantam cockerel from Jerry Foley? Lucky me my girls just started laying again too LOL. I will keep you updated on if the chicks are silver now. He is a pullet breeder and that is just fine with me LOL.

 

[Junibutt]

OH did I tell you guys I got a new SPW bantam cockerel from Jerry Foley? Lucky me my girls just started laying again too LOL. I will keep you updated on if the chicks are silver now. He is a pullet breeder and that is just fine with me LOL.

Excuse my ignorance but what is a "pullet breeder"?

 

[DMRippy]

 
OH did I tell you guys I got a new SPW bantam cockerel from Jerry Foley?  Lucky me my girls just started laying again too LOL.  I will keep you updated on if the chicks are silver now.  He is a pullet breeder and that is just fine with me LOL.

Excuse my ignorance but what is a "pullet breeder"?

Some breeders have a pullet line and a cockerel line and don't cross the two. The pullet breeder line makes the best pullets but not so good cockerels. A cockerel line makes good cockerels and not pullets.

 

[Junibutt]

Oh ok you meant Foley is a pullet breeder ( I didn't know that btw) and I was thinking you said the cockerel you got is a pullet breeder and it's some special term. Lol.

 

[gardengoats11]

I don't think you quite have it. The rooster isn't the best specimen per the sop but is better at producing pulleys that are better specimens per the sop. The way the standard is written 2 lines are needed. One to produce good females and one to produce good males. The best male mated to the best female will not produce good males and females.

 

[gardengoats11]

Would like opinions on the comb of this splash rooster. 4 months old. He doesn't like to be photographed.

 

[DMRippy]

Oh ok you meant Foley is a pullet breeder ( I didn't know that btw) and I was thinking you said the cockerel you got is a pullet breeder and it's some special term. Lol.

I don't think you quite have it. The rooster isn't the best specimen per the sop but is better at producing pulleys that are better specimens per the sop. The way the standard is written 2 lines are needed. One to produce good females and one to produce good males. The best male mated to the best female will not produce good males and females.

@gardengoats11 is correct in the explanation. Jerry was talking about trying a pullet and a cockerel breeder line in the SPW bantams when I bought my breeders a couple of years ago. It seems to make a huge difference in the birds. I have thought about it with a couple of breeds I have.

 

[wny egger]

Would like opinions on the comb of this splash rooster. 4 months old. He doesn't like to be photographed.

yeah i have yet to meet a bird that does like its pic taken ..lol.

.the comb looks like it sticks out pretty high ,almost like a single comb in that last pic..but the first pic looks like a regular rose comb .but then i dont have any wyandotte roo's...lets see what others think ..

i've noticed some strange looking combs in my wyandottes ..some are real bumpy and some look smoother