The Wyandotte Thread

[BluffCountryShepherdess]

How can you tell, at one week of age, that they're all girls?

My BLRW chicks were all darker as well. My splash chicks have the light color but darker 'chipmunk stripes' on their backs...

 

[flower]

Well of course nothing is certain but the woman who took my order at the hatchery asked me if I want pullets so I said yes and of course thre is a slight price difference but I said to myself. "well whatever at least I'll am pretty sure that I will get seven egg layers," since I know about the difference in hatchery birds verses birds from individual breeders what the heck. A few years down the line after I have this bird stuff more organized I make the two hundred miles trip to the good BYC flocks. Other than that I have tried to hatch eggs from the humid Eastern States, from beautiful birds here on this site bu I seem to only be able to bring them to the stage right before pipping and hardly get them to hatch. But I can hatch eggs from my own flock. Something about our humidty levels from 7 to maybe 20 % during the "humid" days.

Wana get dried out ? move to the desert ! But you know what, I love it here and besides chicken poop hardly has time to smell before it dries up like a rock LOL

 

[hoppy]

I have to agree, those are pretty pale for BLR. I'd love to see them when they are older.
here is one of my splash blr and the parents.
wyandottes can be wing feather sexed at 1-3 days old.

 

[MrsChickendad]

I had trouble hatching eggs from the drier west coast to here in Michigan. I had good/great results from similar climate areas. Incidentally, my huge blue BLRW does not tear up my BLRW girls at all, and still gets the job done. They are nice, laid back birds.

 

[Resolution]

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These have to be the most beautiful Wynadottes I have ever seen. I know next to nothing about this breed.
Can someone explain what they are; where they came from- what different colour strains there are- anything about their disposition and utilitarian uses?

 

[colby318]

They looked like the chicks I bought from Welp. I sold all to a gentleman in the eastern part of my state. His interest was they were vac'd for Marek's. He loved their lemon lacing.

Nobody breeding good gl?

Colby

 

[colby318]

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Would love to know how to feather sex chicks. Elaborate!

 

[yotetrapper]

My, those are light flower. My splashes look much darker than those do.

 

[Katy]

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It's Katy, not Kathy

They must have been breeding nothing but splashes together for several generations for the chicks to be that light. They look like their "red" is buff. It will be interesting to see if they have any lacing at all.

 

[flower]

Well I'd love to keep yous up to date with these chicks so I make sure I take and post pics at different stages. I am glad to hear that the W roosters have some respect for their ladies as I do not like my girls to have bald backs as my present adults. But that rooster is brutal and is planning on becoming dinner as soon as I have enough chicks from him. They will be mutts but the girls lay jumbo eggs and he is hugh and beautiful but a brute.

Sorry Katy