The Wyandotte Thread

[Katy]

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Even if only one was scrambled the others probably were scrambled too....just not broken. If the box takes a bad enough hit to break an egg (assuming they were wrapped well) the others more than likely were shook up pretty good too.

 

[flyingmonkeypoop]

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Yes, there sure is! I have it saved somewhere on my home computer (at work right now). You can get there by using gold laced and silver pencilled.

 

[Bantimna]

I have a few questions:

1. How is their Broodiness?
2. Temperament?
3. Around little kids?
4. With other breeds?
5. Laying
6. And for meat?

 

[Cloverleaf Farm]

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Even if only one was scrambled the others probably were scrambled too....just not broken. If the box takes a bad enough hit to break an egg (assuming they were wrapped well) the others more than likely were shook up pretty good too.

Yeah, I wondered about that, but it wasn't broken, by "scrambled" I meant detached air sac...not too say that if one had a detached sac, that others couldn't have been badly damaged enough to not hatch, you're absolutely right!

The good news is, the lady already emailed me back, and has offered to reship as soon as the weather cooperates. I can't remember where they came from, but it's dropped down into the teens where she's at. BRRRR!!!! It's 44 here today - I love Oregon!

 

[Duanescows]

Hello to all of you from Cold Alberta Canada. It has been getting to highs of -20 celsius, but starting tomorrow should get to highs of close to zero - hurray I can't wait and neither will the chickens as they will all want to get out during the day.
Anyways I just wanted to say that I am really enjoying this topic - best so far since I joined a month ago. I love Wyandottes, especially standards, but it is very hard to locate any except hatchery stock up here in Canada. I think the pictures you are showing are all lovely birds.
flyingmonkeypoop I sure wish you raised standards and you are so knowledgeable and I wished you lived closer as I would love to visit and learn. I read up all I can find on poultry genetics and crossing of different colours and keep it all for future projects. I to would love to learn to create the standard Partridge. I have lovely bantams in partridge and blue partridge (that I created) by crossing the partridge with blues, but really love standards better. Easier to sell the eggs than the bantam ones. I have some fairly nice standard gold laced, but no silver penciled and don't know if there are any close in Canada. How hard is it to breed my bantam partridge to standards and what should I cross them with. In standards I have Show Quality Whites, decent Gold Laced and decent Splash Blue Laced Reds? I also have bantams in black, chocolate ( I guess they are not true choc, but dun as they breed like blues with black and splash) and would like to breed them to standard size as well.
Sorry for all the questions. Thanks
Duane

 

[cedar post]

Do the true choc and the dun look the same or is the dun a lighter shade? I've always wondered this. Mike

 

[CelticMoon1]

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1. Mine go broody all the time.
2. Very sweet and docile (mine are, but I guess you'll get various answers).
3. Dunno. We don't have any.
4. No prob! We've had Wyandottes (LF & bantam) with Australorp, Brahma, Orpington, New Hampshire and Leghorn/Norwegian Jærhøne mixes.
5. Ours lay well year-round. Which means a decent rate, but not quite like productions.
6. They're excellent meat birds. From what I've seen hatchery types are lighter and won't yield as much meat.

 

[flyingmonkeypoop]

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Dun is just like blue, there can be a big variation in shades of dun, some look almost black, some look like chocolate bar dust, it varies.

Oh this reminds me, I know Sandhill used to (not sure if they still do) sell chocolate (dun) wyandotte bantams. I havent seen their stock but if you want to work with it they have/had it.

 

[Bantimna]

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1. Mine go broody all the time.
2. Very sweet and docile (mine are, but I guess you'll get various answers).
3. Dunno. We don't have any.
4. No prob! We've had Wyandottes (LF & bantam) with Australorp, Brahma, Orpington, New Hampshire and Leghorn/Norwegian Jærhøne mixes.
5. Ours lay well year-round. Which means a decent rate, but not quite like productions.
6. They're excellent meat birds. From what I've seen hatchery types are lighter and won't yield as much meat.

Thanks, I don't have any little brothers or sisters but I do have cousins. Thanks for the info

 

[MaggieRae]

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1. Mine go broody all the time.
2. Very sweet and docile (mine are, but I guess you'll get various answers).
3. Dunno. We don't have any.
4. No prob! We've had Wyandottes (LF & bantam) with Australorp, Brahma, Orpington, New Hampshire and Leghorn/Norwegian Jærhøne mixes.
5. Ours lay well year-round. Which means a decent rate, but not quite like productions.
6. They're excellent meat birds. From what I've seen hatchery types are lighter and won't yield as much meat.

Thanks, I don't have any little brothers or sisters but I do have cousins. Thanks for the info

Little kids come around all my chickens all the time. They're fine with them. Mine are also sweet, but can be stand off-ish if you're standing up. You know, little chicken, huge giant. They get a bit nervous. Quite unlike my easter egger who tries to fly up onto my head every time I lean down so she can get the view when I stand up...

But overall, if you sit down, they're in my lap. As of now, she's laying 6 eggs every 7 days. In the winter...