The Wyandotte Thread

[BYChickenAl]

Sheila and Shelly. They're always together.

 

[azurbanclucker]

I didn't know you lost Rudy... Going over to your thread now.

I'm not sure I mentioned it here to be honest. I talked about it with my local FB community, but if I mentioned it here it was probably just in passing.

 

[azurbanclucker]

Oh my goodness!!! they are so pretty!!!!

Beautiful birds!

Thanks!

 

[Alaskan]

Sheila and Shelly. They're always together.View attachment 1047435

Very happy looking girls. Thanks for sharing the photo.

 

[Richard Pryor]

How old until I can tell if pullet or roo?

 

[Alaskan]

When they are old enough to start growing in their mature feathers...then the males grow the rooster tails and pointed hackle feathers.

Some you can tell much earlier because some males start to develop a very red comb at a month...so clearly male.

In some colors you can tell early because the color is different between the sexes...like in partridge. The partridge males develop a black chest.

 

[Richard Pryor]

Thx @Alaskan. These are SL and they are about a month old.

 

[Cajoledn2it]

My 17 week old Blue Wyandotte pullet has black on her pink comb. Is this normal? She is a hatchery stock from Pritchett. Is it a sign of cardiovascular issues because I lost a BSL hen at age 15 months and she had similar coloring in her comb months before she died. Also Pritchett Hatchery stock.

 

[MagpieDucks]

All 4 of my Wyandotte girls looked like this when they were young. They are fine now.

 

[Cajoledn2it]

All 4 of my Wyandotte girls looked like this when they were young. They are fine now.

Thank you, for sharing your experience. I hope she does the same.