The Wyandotte Thread

[PeakyBeaky]

They look they have nice color/lacing-are there alot of roos in this group, it looks like it from the first photo.

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I went outside and took a few pics of the juvenile blues (2 month old group). They're at that ratty stage where they still have fuzz around the eyes. I've already been culling for any thin tails, crow head and gypsy face. I've only had a few with pinched tails so far this year; much better than last year. Now to work on that nice wide head.

All the ones in the top photo are pre sold!

 

[colby318]

The cockerels are always front and center. The pullets are a bit more courteous, lol. I did have more cockerels hatch in Jan/Feb. It seems like I have more pullets in the brooders downstairs right now from the March hatches.

I don't have much problem selling the cull cockerels. I put an ad on craigslist for Sunday dinner chicks and the phone rings!

 

[heatherscooby77]

Very Handsome!!!!!!

My BLRW rooster. He is almost a year old!

 

[heatherscooby77]

I wish I could get that lacing on my Ameraucanas!!!!!

They look they have nice color/lacing-are there alot of roos in this group, it looks like it from the first photo.

 

[Bleenie]

The lacing on those darker birds is Gorgeous!

...another Splash baby just hatched out

 

[ChickenWifey]

The lacing on those darker birds is Gorgeous!

...another Splash baby just hatched out

Thats awsome! I wanna see!!!

 

[fancyfeathers38]

Are gypsy faces when their eyes dont really fit their sokets? Or is it something else? Sorry for the random question.

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Keep me updated on the black one. I'm forming a theory that the ones born with a solid black head have a gypsy face when adult. Yours has a little white on the chin so I'd like to see if the black recedes. It always seems the gypsy faces have the best type.

Off to the swap they go! My blue tweens with black faces also have the best lacing on their feathers. I guess I can't have it both ways...

 

[heritagehabitatfarms]

its when the skin on there faces are a black or blue color...

 

[Bleenie]

LOL, I just imagined a chicken with HUGE eyeballs! Gypsy face is when the comb is blue/black instead of all red. Muscovy Ducks can have gypsy faces too.

Are gypsy faces when their eyes dont really fit their sokets? Or is it something else? Sorry for the random question.

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[Bleenie]

So all the babies are done hatching now. I had 2 eggs that didn't pip at all so I candled then opened them up... one was a beautiful full term light blue baby and the other was an OE/dotte mix.

There's around 30 in the brooder now, plus 5 GL chicks. I will get some pictures of them tomorrow =)