The Wyandotte Thread

[sandiatonimarie]

Yeah, I'm sure there is a quality difference between a hatchery and a breeder like Jesse Paul. I think of his birds as being like a Mercedes, serious show stock for people who are into enhancing the breeds with genetics and all. I'm definitely not one of those - just want some eggs from a pretty chicken ...

These little Privett babies seem quite healthy. They've been eating, drinking, suddenly falling asleep and then just as suddenly jumping up and eating and drinking some more. They also seem pretty tough, they don't like the heat lamp - 100 watts - tend to stay away from it. Glad I put it in one corner rather than the middle - otherwise they'd be backed up against the corners and walls like suspects in a line up!

So far, so good!

 

[chickenjones]

Hopefully this is not the dumbest question ever, but noone I know can answer it for me. I am new to keeping chickens and we chose Wyandottes! My problem is, how the heck are you SUPPOSED to pronounce it? I have heard so many things and any way I say it, seems wrong.

Can some cool person out there phonetically tell me how to say it?

Thanks!

 

[sandiatonimarie]

I am new to keeping chickens and we chose Wyandottes! My problem is, how the heck are you SUPPOSED to pronounce it?

Not dumb at all. I know it's been discussed somewhere on this forum before. Here's my best phonetic attempt:

WHY-ANN-DOT

Kind of equal emphasis on all the syllables to me. Now let's see what everyone else has to say!

I'll also add that I grew up in Colorado and perhaps people from different parts fo the country would pronounce it differently?
My wyandottes are 3 days old today and doing verywell. They look like they are getting bigger even. Only a first time chicken keeper would write such a thing to all the other chicken lovers ...​

 

[chickenjones]

sandiatonimarie:

thanks for your version/attempt at the name! I am from Texas so maybe its : Why-annn-dot here. LOL

I would love to hear more of everyone's versions so we can see if they are pronounced differently in different states! I love my Wyandottes. LOVE them. they are huge. About 24 weeks old and we have just discovered they are going to be too big for their nest boxes! Poor girls. I saw them standing there looking at them like "what are we supposed to do with these?!"

thanks!

 

[Rock N' Faverolles]

Well, I do think it has to do with what part of the country you are from. You can pronounce it as sandiatonimarie said, or you can say "Why-in-dot" or "Wine-dot"

 

[chickenjones]

Hmm...I wish there was a definitive answer! I feel so goofy trying to tell my mother in law about my chickens. My father in law decided he wanted to order Golden laced because he loves ours and I pretty much spelled it and told him three different versions of how to say it and didn't know if any of them were right!

She ordered some from Ideal and I bet she spelled it for them too!

Oh well, maybe there isn't a right or wrong way to say and I should just pick one and look at other people like they are crazy when they look at me that way!

 

[JanieMarie]

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My wyandottes are 3 days old today and doing verywell. They look like they are getting bigger even. Only a first time chicken keeper would write such a thing to all the other chicken lovers ...

And we all 'get it' cuz we've all been there! Congratulations!

Minnesota here and I say it Wine dot which I guess when you say it actually sounds like the wy' ann dot' with the emphasis on the wy and dot. And if anyones interested it is tomAto here too not tomAHto!

 

[Rock N' Faverolles]

If you say it fast enough, all three ways sound pretty much the same.

 

[sandiatonimarie]

Oh well, maybe there isn't a right or wrong way to say and I should just pick one and look at other people like they are crazy when they look at me that way

Absolutely! I hadn't thought of that but it's a great plan and know that I'll be doing it too, now that you've come up with it!
I'll bet the hatchery and breeder folks know 15 different ways to pronounce and spell wyanndotte. I'll bet they just start writing "Wyandotte" whenever they hear something that begins with a W and doesn't end in "summer" (Welsummer)!

JanieMarie - thanks for understanding

!

ChickenJones - too big for nest box - how big were your boxes? I'm making notes for myself for future.​

 

[Freeholder]

I pronounce it Wi-an-dot, with a slight emphasis on the first syllable -- but I have no idea how it's supposed to be pronounced. When in doubt, charge in and act like you know what you are doing, LOL! I just taught my daughter to call them 'Dots,' though. She's autistic and doesn't talk very well -- Wyandotte would have been a little much for her.

I got my Golden-laced and Buff Wyandottes from Privett last year. They are shaping up to be pretty good layers even through the worst of the winter -- without supplemental light, which pleased me. One of the GL pullets went broody only a few weeks after she started laying last fall, and stuck to it long enough to hatch out a couple of chicks (which she lost as they got out from under her and either couldn't find their way back and froze, or the other hens attacked them). I was pleased to have a broody in the batch -- I don't want all my hens going broody all the time, as we need the eggs, but I don't want broodiness bred clear out, either. They aren't particularly good quality, though, when compared to the standard. I still have nine GL and three Buff hens. Only a few of the GL hens have good type, and probably only one or two of them has both good type, a good comb, and fairly good coloring. Most of the Buff hens had white skin and legs -- evidence of Buff Orpington ancestry not too far back that hasn't been selected out. I kept the three that had yellow legs, but they don't all have good buff coloring; there is some white mottling going on there. They do all have good combs, and on average better type than the GL's, although far from show quality. Still, they are also good little layers. If I could find a really good quality Wyandotte rooster, either Buff or GL, I'd add him to the flock and see if I could improve them somewhat. I can't travel to a show, though, and don't want to pay the shipping costs for an adult bird....Will probably eventually have to get some eggs from a breeder and hatch them, but right now I have a couple of other projects to work on.

Kathleen