The Wyandotte Thread

[Katy]

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https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/22072_henrun.jpg
This is a blrw hen
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/22072_splash_hen.jpg
THis is a splash hen

blrw chicks are born looking like chipmunks with stripes.. blue chicks are dark brown with a lighter beige down. Splash chicks are more of a lighter brown with a more yellowish down.

There should not be any silver or steel grey color. It sounds like your chicks are slw, not blrws.

Sue
http://rarechickens.blogspot.com

I'll add these chick pictures to what Sue has posted.....maybe they'll help you figure out what you've got.
BLRW chicks

The 2 lighter chicks are splash and the other BLRs

Silver laced chicks

 

[angelbabyamy]

No, my chicks are not SLW, I already have those chickens. These chickens have the red color in their feathers. I just noticed that some have very dark "blue" color and some are almost silver colored. (light gray). I think they all had stripes when born. Maybe it is just variation in the color. They are only 4 weeks on Saturday.

 

[Harris5]

Katy...is there a difference between the SLW chicks that are darker in the picture?

 

[Katy]

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OOps....I forgot there are 3 or 4 orp chicks in amongst the wyandottes!

 

[marquisella]

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Ok, then if they are blrw chicks, the dark ones will be blue and the ligher will be splash. A while ago, I had some hatch that were kinda silverish, maybe frosted looking, that turned into very light splash.

Sue

 

[Mrs. Turbo]

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We have been dropping them at your place

Hey Mrs. Turbo are we still dropping off all the coons we caught this week at Jonathans this weekend? We need some more batteries for the flashlights too....hey we could drop them off at Rudy's this time and mix it up a little?

I don't know....we might have to wait until we catch that skunk to go to Jonathans.

We hatched out a monster BLRW chick this week. I need to take a picture of it next to a SLW chick and post it. It came out of an egg we though was a double yolk.

 

[PeakyBeaky]

Mrs. Turbo :

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Hey Mrs. Turbo are we still dropping off all the coons we caught this week at Jonathans this weekend? We need some more batteries for the flashlights too....hey we could drop them off at Rudy's this time and mix it up a little?

I don't know....we might have to wait until we catch that skunk to go to Jonathans.

We hatched out a monster BLRW chick this week. I need to take a picture of it next to a SLW chick and post it. It came out of an egg we though was a double yolk.​

You'll have to call him "Mongo"

 

[Mrs. Turbo]

here is a picture of the massive BLRW chick we hatched from a double yolk egg....just one chick grew in the egg so I guess he ate very well.....LOL. Look at the size of the legs, head, and body.....OH MY!

here he is next to a splash BLRW chick.....same hatch

and next to a SLW chick....the SLW chicks are pretty good size too.

 

[wayne86]

Mrs. Turbo :

here is a picture of the massive BLRW chick we hatched from a double yolk egg....just one chick grew in the egg so I guess he ate very well.....LOL. Look at the size of the legs, head, and body.....OH MY!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/21841_mar25_016.jpg


here he is next to a splash BLRW chick.....same hatch

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/21841_mar25_010.jpg

and next to a SLW chick....the SLW chicks are pretty good size too.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/21841_mar25_005.jpg

That's like the difference between large and bantam. I'd definitely keep an eye on that one.​

 

[rilly10]

Mrs. Turbo :

here is a picture of the massive BLRW chick we hatched from a double yolk egg....just one chick grew in the egg so I guess he ate very well.....LOL. Look at the size of the legs, head, and body.....OH MY!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/21841_mar25_016.jpg


here he is next to a splash BLRW chick.....same hatch

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/21841_mar25_010.jpg

and next to a SLW chick....the SLW chicks are pretty good size too.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/21841_mar25_005.jpg

OMG I LOVE him! What a cute little baby sasquach!​