white laced wyanndotte

[snipercp]

i have read somewhere that there are white laced wyanndotte bantams but i have never heard of them or seen them and ive heard that there rare in england has any1 got any or have any pics.

thanks snipercp

 

[aoxa]

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Can't even find them on google search

 

[snipercp]

i know i wonder if its just another name for the silver laced

 

[WyandotteTX]

Yes, there are White Laced Red Bantams. Those are the only white laced variety that I know of.
I have had some in the past and have a couple hens left but no males, so I will be out of the WLR business in the future....
I have a couple pics, will see if I can post them for you.

 

[snipercp]

ok thanks

 

[WyandotteTX]

My two old girls.....

My original birds.....18 years ago....

 

[Minniechickmama]

John, those are lovely! Perhaps you should do a little project work to keep those around? wink wink

 

[WyandotteTX]

Unfortunately I have been working on that the last two years trying to get some chicks out of the old girls but have been unsuccessful. I need to find a good Bantam GL Cockerel to breed with them. I know of one other person who "supposedly" has the WLR in Iowa. Hopefully they still do and I can get some more stock of them. Sad that 15 years ago there were a dozen breeders of this variety and now there are barely a few. Of all of the Wyandotte bantams I have raised they were the best in terms of laying, vigor and fertility. I spent many years improving the ground color but lost almost all of my birds a few years ago to predators.

If anybody is reading this and knows of someone who is raising them, let me know. I know Bob Coulter in Minnesota used to raise them alot as well but do not know if he still is anymore.

 

[Minniechickmama]

Next time you head up here to the great white north, you will have to swing in and see him then.

 

[WyandotteTX]

Haha, I like going to Minnesota actually. I think he lived in Owatonna if I remember correctly.
If I want to continue to recovery project the next step may be to do a total outcross to WLR Cornish x GL Wyandotte to recreate the variety but thats about 5-8 years worth of work. Know that from experience......haha.