The Wyandotte Thread

[chickee]

Thank-you

Even the pullet in my Avatar could have better red. She is too gold. I have 2 chicks that are one week old that look promising. I hatched one blue (looks like it will have the great color like my darker red pullet and I am hoping for a rooster since I only have 3 pullets) and one splash. The red on the splashes wings is coming in very red! I am excited to see how this one turns out since my 5 month old splash pullet's red is too light. These two chicks are out of a trio a friend and I bought from Jen C. It IS fun to watch them change and boy do they! I hatched a LF BLRW rooster who didn't look promising at all and I didn't plan on keeping him, but I keep my birds way too long and by the time I thought about selling him he had changed from mediocre to gorgeous! He is now my main man

I need to take some updated pictures now that their wing feathers are coming in. These pictures were taken a few days ago.

Yes, the combs are huge for me too!! Very nice pullet you have! Can I steal some of that red? haha We will see if he grows into those legs. One nevers know what will happen, kind of fun that way

 

[Countrypunk92]

I hatched a LF BLRW rooster who didn't look promising at all and I didn't plan on keeping him, but I keep my birds way too long and by the time I thought about selling him he had changed from mediocre to gorgeous! He is now my main man :lol

Let this also be an example to anyone breeding wyandottes toward the A.P.A standard. Do not cull your chicks right off, unless obvious flaws( crossbeaked, longer beak, single comb,etc) because Wyandottes mature slowly. They are not filly mature untill 18 months. That is a year and a half. So keep them in a grow out pen and keep an eye on them. If you notice any that are the wrong color, or bad lacing, or you can see their tail is to low, to high, you can cull them. jerry Foley has a vid on his site to make this point. Even 3 months are to early. This is especially for blrw.


My two cents.

 

[chickee]

You are definitely right about how slow they are to mature and can start out not looking like much and really change into something great. Unfortunately I don't have the room to grow out a bunch of roosters

I had decided to sell my main rooster (needed new blood) and was slow on finding a home for one of his sons. I was not crazy about his color (hackles a bit on the gold side) and his tail set is a bit low, but then he filled out and looked so nice I just had to keep him. I see so few BLRW roosters with wide heads and the correct roundness to the body. Most people just want a bird with pretty color and aren't breeding towards the standard. I will say on my BLRW pullets I can tell at a young age now how they will turn out. Crisp lacing, especially the broad heads and short backs are good indicators

Let this also be an example to anyone breeding wyandottes toward the A.P.A standard. Do not cull your chicks right off, unless obvious flaws( crossbeaked, longer beak, single comb,etc) because Wyandottes mature slowly. They are not filly mature untill 18 months. That is a year and a half. So keep them in a grow out pen and keep an eye on them. If you notice any that are the wrong color, or bad lacing, or you can see their tail is to low, to high, you can cull them. jerry Foley has a vid on his site to make this point. Even 3 months are to early. This is especially for blrw.
My two cents.

 

[Countrypunk92]

Most just think buying birds from diffrent breeders will make their line better, which is incorrect. Most breeders linebreed, hatch many offsprig, cull obvious ones, then grow out and keep the best ones and breed back to the parrents.

 

[Bleenie]

Hey everyone, Just wanted to share a couple pics of some of the flock. Mostly Wyandottes but you can probably spot a few EE's in there too

 

[Miss Molly]

Beautiful Chickens...

 

[ronott1]

Hey everyone, Just wanted to share a couple pics of some of the flock. Mostly Wyandottes but you can probably spot a few EE's in there too

I love that you can have so much eye candy with one Breed.

Ron

 

[Bleenie]

Yeah, I guess I can't deny that it is a very pretty sight watching them all run around the yard together

 

[ChickenWifey]

My favorite part of the day is heading out to watch the chickens

My SLW laid her first egg the other day! Im so proud!

 

[Gargoyle]

ChickenWifey, congrats on the first egg! Many happy returns...

Here are my young cockerel and one of his little girls, they're about three months old now. They're always following me around asking for treats.