The Wyandotte Thread

[HallFamilyFarm]

If we added anything new, it would be large fowl Buff Wyandottes.

Just wanted to share a pic of the girls





This little girl is already trying to go broody, I am constantly moving her out of the box and taking eggs away. she's about 26wks now i think.

 

[itsthelaw37801]

I'm still learning. Tell me why you don't want her to go broody?

 

[ki4got]

I'm new to wyandotte's myself. I picked up a pair of blue laced red bantams last weekend, but think the girl is more gold laced than red laced.

my question is this... I know they're typically slow growing, but at what age should I start to expect eggs from her?

the person I got them from said they were about 5 months old. I've got some LF chicks growing out, but the price on these 2 was too good to pass up (traded for 2 cockerels of another breed).

here's a couple pics i took today.

 

[ki4got]

I'm still learning. Tell me why you don't want her to go broody?

well, with my other birds, reason #1 would be because broody birds don't lay any eggs with which to hatch more chicks.

but then again, like some broodies, i'd incubate a rock if i thought it might hatch. LOL

 

[AinaWGSD]

Holy cow, look at the lacing on that cockerel! Beautiful. The pullet could be a black blue laced red. Blue laced is based on andalusian blue, so just like with solid andalusian blue birds you will get only 50% blue laced birds if you breed blue to blue, the other 50% will be either splash laced or black laced.

 

[ki4got]

Holy cow, look at the lacing on that cockerel! Beautiful. The pullet could be a black blue laced red. Blue laced is based on andalusian blue, so just like with solid andalusian blue birds you will get only 50% blue laced birds if you breed blue to blue, the other 50% will be either splash laced or black laced.

I'm pretty sure she's black laced. and i plan to breed the 2. I'm still hoping to find a better quality (aka darker red) hen/pullet, with or without the blue/splash is ok with me.

and thanks for the reminder on the genetics.

that's one thing i DO have a handle on, is poultry genetics (for the most part). blue/splash is the easy part. it's when you start adding modifiers and pattern genes that it gets a bit confusing to most.

 

[HallFamilyFarm]

Just heard that Ken Aho has some Partridge Wyandotte Bantams available. About 10 pairs of them. He said he could deliver to the APA National at Lucasville, OH.

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=3207936535881&set=o.356070667775106&type=1&theater​

 

[HallFamilyFarm]

We put together a Blue Wyandotte Bantam project pen this last weekend. A Lundgren line Black Wyandotte Bantam male with a Hortsman Blue Orpington Bantam hen and a Hortsman Splash Orpington Bantam hen. The Black male was acquired from Jerry Foley at Crossroads. Though he is over a year old, he is smaller than either hen. Our goal was a Blue Wyandotte. (Still is).

If we kept a Single comb with white footpads, would that be valuable in reducing the size of our Black Orpington Bantams?

What about using a Buff Wyandotte Bantam male on our Buff Orpington bantams? We have a male from Lou Horton line and a male from the Tom Roebuck line.

Here are some of our Wyandotte and Orpington Bantams.

 

[Ladyblackswan]

He looks to be partridge... I think he is worth trying.. but the only worry I have is that the wing color is wo much lighter then the rest of his body.. but the body color is right. Deep mohogany red.
I also see he is still young, so he will molt one more time before you see his true self. Wyandottes are a slow growing breed. They take around 18 months to fully mature.. most show birds are not shown until 2 or 3 years of age!
But if you are just starting out and going to a smaller show, I do not see a prob. This guy is gorgous!

I noticed on his wings in particular that he's got some uneven color...like some of the tips are darker red than the rest of them. He is a Partridge bantam and I was hoping as he grew he would even out some in his colors. I also have a Mottled cochin 4 month old and she looks nothing like what they say she'll look like when she gets older. I never knew chickens had "teenage" feathers,lol.

 

[Bleenie]

If we added anything new, it would be large fowl Buff Wyandottes.

I adore my Buff's, they're so sweet and the girls this year turned out nice compared to their mommas. When I got their mommas as chicks they had a lot of black on them and all had black in the tail, this years were all buff but some of the girls do have white tails(from dad) but no black, just have the one girl that feathered in with dusty-colored spots in all her feathers.

I don't want the young girl to go broody because I'd like her to keep laying for a while and i'm afraid it'll be pretty cold by the time anything hatches and I don't want to brood chicks over winter.