White wyandottes/Rhode Island Whites....how do they differ?

[Aiden Kendall]

This may be a silly

question but I had seen pics of some RIWs here recently and was hoping someone could explain the difference between them and White Wyandottes? I have a few of the WWs and to my untrained eye, I really couldn't distinguish between the two.

Thanks

 

[NYREDS]

Assuming two properly bred birds the difference is obvious. The Rhode Island White has a level top line & a long brick shaped body. The Wyandotte on the other hand is shorter bodied & rounder.

 

[pipermark]

A true Wyandotte , when viewed from the side, looks like a big heart. Also most RIW have a 5 pointed comb, though there is a rose comb variety.

Wyandottes always should have a rose comb.

 

[NYREDS]

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Actually Rhode Island White's are rose combed only. There are people selling what they call Single Combed Rhode Island Whites but in a show they would be disqualified as they are not standardized in single combed.
[BTW that "5 pointed comb" you referenced is called a single comb.]

 

[Goose and Fig]

Maybe they were thinking of white rocks?

 

[catdaddyfro]

Heres a thread that gets into the RC RIW pretty deep maybe it'll help some.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=259388

 

[RAREROO]

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There are some hatcheries that sell single combed "RIWs" , I have 8 of these pullets from Privett that I will use to make Sexlinks, though they are not true RIWs, they were probably crossed with Rocks a ways back. The true RIWs are only standized in rose comb, like NYREDS said.