Your opinions please.. Wyandottes!

[CelticMoon1]

Here's my 6 months old roos.. Sorry the pic quality isn't the best, and it proved quite hard to get a good view of them in the run.

Gulliver, GLW:

Silvio, SLW:

Now this is our cull, but we're keeping him till spring I suppose...

 

[twister]

whhhhooooohooooooo GULIVER is breathtaking! what handsome roos, but in my honest opinion, he steals the show. WOW.

 

[CelticMoon1]

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Thank you

Yes he really was a fluke as he was given to me at 6 weeks old for free (the woman had 2 chickens but only wanted pullets) and I do like him very much. My hope is to use him as foundation roo for my GLW stock

The pic doesn't really do Silvio justice though, his body shape is very much like Gulliver's, though his lacing in the wing area is a bit poorer. He did NOT like the camera and didn't want to turn his side towards it LOL

Now I am wondering about the cull... These colors aren't easy to come by here, and those available are of limited bloodlines. My SLW roos are "fresh blood" genetically b/c their father was a Danish import. I think his lacing is passable, but he is leaner than the other roos and his comb and wattles less prominent. Does anyone think someone would use him for breeding or should we give him away as a "hobby roo"? (I guess he could improve somewhat with age, but still...)

 

[Nava]

gulliver is the most beatifull rooi have ever seen
iwould like to have his pic as my screen saver on my comp.
very nice very nice i love it.

 

[ceadar post]

WOW Gulliver is very nice.

Wish I had him for my buff columbian wyandotte project. My glw are not that nice.

Mike

 

[rodriguezpoultry]

I would SERIOUSLY consider keeping the cull until he matures.

 

[CelticMoon1]

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Oh, I am keeping him at least until spring, probably summer - he's my "back-up bird"!

 

[flyingmonkeypoop]

But remember the round body shape. Go to acornhollow's site and look at the diagram of wyandotte type and the 'circle' shape.

 

[Attack Chicken]

The first one is probably your best. The 2 SLW will probably fill out more once their second moult hits. They could be more "circle" like stated in the post above though. Very beautiful birds.

ETA: I'd watch the white wyandotte girl in the first pic o.o She looks mad

 

[flyingmonkeypoop]

http://www.acornhollowbantams.com/getting_started.cfm?id=17

That is the link with the pic I was talking about.