The Wyandotte Thread

[greathorse]

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Thank you! I'm not sure if I'll be attending the Connersville one this year or not. Seems like a waist of a trip up there for nothing. I'll probably end up going to the Lebanon show. I've seens some bantam wyandottes in the sales pens but I am wary of buying from people who I do not know.

Seems like Turbo just gave you some names of folks that could help and you cant use them because you dont know them. If I get names from one of the top breeders in the country I am going with that. Lets dont be short sighted here.

 

[seedcorn]

Mrs. Turbo :

I am stealing my wifes username while she is in the kitchen....anyway there are several good breeders of bantam and large fowl wyandottes in Indiana. You should find a way to attend some of the shows that are close to you in Connersville and there is one north of you at the Boone County Fairgrounds...and dont forget that the biggest show of all Crossroads next year at the Indiana State Fairgrounds. We will be at the Connersville show and I should have some bantam wyandottes available in Columbian, Partridge, SL, and possibly black.

Andy has a ton of different bantam wyandottes and always attends the Kentuckiana Show in May...but there are plenty of good bantam wyandotte breeders in Indiana.....

Jerry

Would like to see pictures of your partridge wyandotte bantams.​

 

[The Sheriff]

Here is my BLRW at three months old. She hatched from eggs I got from janie. I am giving her to my stepdaughter as soon as her coop is complete. She has really pretty coloring. I think our granddaughter will love this one.

 

[Mrs. Turbo]

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Would like to see pictures of your partridge wyandotte bantams.

we have a picture of one of our hens on the price page of our website. We still need to do a new page for bantams. We have chickens out today washing them for a show next weekend weekend so we should have some new pictures in the next couple week.

 

[Attack Chicken]

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Seems like Turbo just gave you some names of folks that could help and you cant use them because you dont know them. If I get names from one of the top breeders in the country I am going with that. Lets dont be short sighted here.

I'm just scared of getting a disease from some other bird thats for sale in a sales coop. If I met up with one of the top bantam breeders I'd try to get either birds or eggs. I like to know the background on the parent stock before I buy a bird and risk something happening to the birds I have at home already. People have had to put down their whole flock just because of one bird. That is why I'm not to sure about buying from sales coops at shows...

 

[hoppy]

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I'd say it's too early to tell. put them next to other blr and the lightest colored ones usually are splash (although some splash are also darker as babies but not as dark as blues or blacks)

 

[hoppy]

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Seems like Turbo just gave you some names of folks that could help and you cant use them because you dont know them. If I get names from one of the top breeders in the country I am going with that. Lets dont be short sighted here.

I'm just scared of getting a disease from some other bird thats for sale in a sales coop. If I met up with one of the top bantam breeders I'd try to get either birds or eggs. I like to know the background on the parent stock before I buy a bird and risk something happening to the birds I have at home already. People have had to put down their whole flock just because of one bird. That is why I'm not to sure about buying from sales coops at shows...

that's why you separate the new birds from your entire flock and quarantine them. saves a whole lot of heartache for a bit of inconvience.

 

[lurky]

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I'm just scared of getting a disease from some other bird thats for sale in a sales coop. If I met up with one of the top bantam breeders I'd try to get either birds or eggs. I like to know the background on the parent stock before I buy a bird and risk something happening to the birds I have at home already. People have had to put down their whole flock just because of one bird. That is why I'm not to sure about buying from sales coops at shows...

that's why you separate the new birds from your entire flock and quarantine them. saves a whole lot of heartache for a bit of inconvience.

And be sure to do that too!!!!!!!!! I have never had any contagious anything in my flock. I just purchased a pair of young pullets and thankfully i quarantined them. Tonight i was examining them, and clipping their wings and i noticed they both have a raspy rough breathing.
I have no idea what is going on, but i am so glad i quarantined them. They looked so perfect and clean

it would have been so easy to assume they must be healthy. It would have been MUCH more convenient to put them in my flock over the weekend when i was home.
But i waited

So now i have to wait and see.....and hope that they are ok. They are so awesome, i hope its nothing. But its a good lesson

 

[Mrs. Turbo]

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Seems like Turbo just gave you some names of folks that could help and you cant use them because you dont know them. If I get names from one of the top breeders in the country I am going with that. Lets dont be short sighted here.

I'm just scared of getting a disease from some other bird thats for sale in a sales coop. If I met up with one of the top bantam breeders I'd try to get either birds or eggs. I like to know the background on the parent stock before I buy a bird and risk something happening to the birds I have at home already. People have had to put down their whole flock just because of one bird. That is why I'm not to sure about buying from sales coops at shows...

even top breeders can get something in their flock...... you always...always....always must quarantine new birds no matter where they come from.

 

[hoppy]

Mrs. Turbo :

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I'm just scared of getting a disease from some other bird thats for sale in a sales coop. If I met up with one of the top bantam breeders I'd try to get either birds or eggs. I like to know the background on the parent stock before I buy a bird and risk something happening to the birds I have at home already. People have had to put down their whole flock just because of one bird. That is why I'm not to sure about buying from sales coops at shows...

even top breeders can get something in their flock...... you always...always....always must quarantine new birds no matter where they come from.​

and when you come home from a poultry swap/show other farm, change your clothes, shower and disenfect your shoes/boots before you go into your flock- you need to be safe, not sorry.