The Wyandotte Thread

[rsf31tmp]

what sex is this?

and this?

and these?

and these?

any help would be great!

 

[paulf]

From Europe to England, you need Vetinary paperwork to say the flock your buying from is Disease free., this costs around £70-£80, ist fairly straight forward.

thanks.

BTW. Choccolate Wyandottes are VERY VERY pretty, but they are selling for £500+ a PAIR at the moment.
Eggs are £150 for 6 crazy crazy Hen Fever...

 

[hoppy]

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you can sex wyandottes when they hatch by the wing feathering. look at the wing tips and if the feathers are even, it's a boy. if they are uneven (short/long/short) its a girl. I have found with my birds, if I have a chick with super fuzzy wings and I can't see the feathering, it's usually a girl (your birds may vary).
you can only sex them this way for the first 2-3 days, 4 days would be pushing it as the female feathers start to catch up at that point.

 

[hoppy]

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Tim I may be able to help you out finding partridge wyandottes. I know a couple people in southern Wi. who may have them they do show around the midwest and Ohio but it may take a few phone calls. I really do think they show partridge in the standard . At least that is what I have been told. Mike

If it's not too much trouble, I'd appreciate it. I'm not really that knowledgeable and am not looking for championship stock, just looking for quality beyond what often comes from a big hatchery. My preference would be to get hatching eggs and incubate them myself rather than dealing with shipping chicks. But, I realize that beggars can't really be too picky about such things.

Tim

I was reading another thread and one person was talking about her partridge wyandottes.
tag name on here is:
ChickenKick

you might look this person up to see where they got theirs (hey mainer!)

 

[chickenlady81]

I cant wait for my wyan to get bigger. My younger gang should start to lay soon!

 

[hoppy]

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it's alway exciting when they start and even more so when you start hatching some to see the new generation.

 

[chickenlady81]

Hoppy did you get any blue's yet? I got three from Foley's that im growing out. Should be interesting what they look like when grown.

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it's alway exciting when they start and even more so when you start hatching some to see the new generation.

 

[hoppy]

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it's alway exciting when they start and even more so when you start hatching some to see the new generation.


I did, they hatched today as a matter of fact. I ended up with 3 blacks, 1 light blue, 1 darker blue, 1 splash and 2 blr.
so this could be exciting. not real happy with blacks but that's just because i forgot I could be getting them with the blue gene. these are not foley birds.
I had purchased some blue foley eggs last fall but they stopped laying before I was able to get them.
so I will grow these out (some anyway) and decide if the quality is good enough for them to stay on full time. I figure i'll have 2 breeding pens anyway so may as well be something just as pretty.

 

[chickenlady81]

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I did, they hatched today as a matter of fact. I ended up with 3 blacks, 1 light blue, 1 darker blue, 1 splash and 2 blr.
so this could be exciting. not real happy with blacks but that's just because i forgot I could be getting them with the blue gene. these are not foley birds.
I had purchased some blue foley eggs last fall but they stopped laying before I was able to get them.
so I will grow these out (some anyway) and decide if the quality is good enough for them to stay on full time. I figure i'll have 2 breeding pens anyway so may as well be something just as pretty.

Congrats on the new additions!!. Can you post some pictures? I'm interested to see what is what so maybe i can tell what i have. One is really light, one is blue with white/cream underneath and one is all blue....?

 

[Soaring Chicks]

hello,
I have 4 BLRW's that are 2 months old today. Also 1 GLW and 1 SLW.
We love the BLRW's we are hoping to get at least 2 pullets. Not sure~ I have a post on them trying to find out. I need to get better pics of 2. If any can check it out that would be great. https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=299355