Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
I'm new to chickens! I'm currently planning to get 4 chickens in early April. I'm in the process of building a coop+run now.
What breeds will I have?
Golden Laced Wyandotte - Female × 1
Buff Orpington - Female × 1
French...
I had 1 adult speckled Sussex rooster, 1 adult speckled Sussex hen, 1 adult sapphire gem hen, 1 adult buff orpington, 1 adult sapphire gem / speckled Sussex cross, 1 adult orpington / Sussex cross, and 6 nearly fully grown wyadottes bullets. They free ranged in my yard and get put up at night...
One of my silver laced wyandottes started to molt and then quit midway though. She's often seen on her own so I think she is bullied. I separated her to give her time to grow her feathers in peace, but after a month of isolation she only managed to regrow the ones picked out on her back from...
G'day everyone from (not so) sunny Queensland, Australia. Big thank you for letting me join your online community. My wife and I have a 1 acre block and currently have 3 laying hens (ex-cage Hyline commercial layers) and recently acquired 6 pullets. 2 Welsummer, 2 Polish, Blue laced Barnevelder...
Hi all,
I have seven Blue Laced Wyandottes that were hatched around Easter this year (mid-April). One’s a rooster, so six hens. Most of them are pretty dark, but two of the hens have lighter/almost lavender feathers with red lace. Those two, the lighter ones, started laying about a month ago...
Hi everyone,
I hatched out 2 eggs from my own flock (white Brahma) and bought 5 more chicks (“Blue” Laced Wyandottes) from the feed store. None of the birds were sexed. They are 7.5 weeks old today and I’m starting to think I got mainly roosters. 😅 I get very attached (so does my husband) so if...
This blue laced red wyandotte has just started crowing and has tiny spur buds.. approx 16-18 weeks.
The two EEs are approx 14 weeks and are bonded, though probably just because they're the youngest in my flock.
I wish someone would tell me the EEs were really pullets, but I am somewhat...
Are you buying / hatching chicks next year ( 2024 )? I’m getting salmon favorelles, Cochin, Orpingtons, and blue red laced wyandotte.
What are you getting?
We got baby chicks over the summer and this was one we got from the tub labeled Blue tint Wyandotte but the head feathers make me wonder if it’s a polish or polish mix? I’m still new to chickens so don’t have a good handle on all the breed characteristics yet! Thanks!
Hi I am rehoming 2 silver laced wyandotte pullets that are about 16-17 weeks old. They are not getting along with my flock and need to go. They were purchased from Charley's Chicks in Jacksonville and were vaccinated for Marek's by the hatchery. I live in Lake Butler, FL.
Hi all!
I’ve got a golden laced and a blue laced red wyandotte who still aren’t laying yet at nearly 28 weeks. My other three (EE’s and an Aussie) have been laying for what feels like forever now. What gives? Anyone with either of these wyandottes have a similar experience?
These two are almost 5 months old. I have always thought the one I am now questioning was a hen because compared to her (seemingly) twin brother, she looks so dainty. But..she has saddle feathers? Is this saddle feathers I am seeing or something else lol. Because if she is a now a he we will...
Hello it’s me again - trying to understand chicken genetics!
Would crossing a blue copper maran rooster with a silver laced wyandotte create a sex linked chick?
Thanks in advance!
Good morning!
If I cross a golden buff rooster that comes from a sex linked cross (likely a RIR cross) with one of my silver laced Wyandottes will their offspring be sex linked in appearance?
Thanks !
I went out to see my chickens and my 2 year old wyandotte had laid an egg in the middle of her dust bath area. (not normal) She was standing a few feet away with a little bit of poop under her butt, clearly straining to poop more. When she did, something bright red came out with the poop...
We bought 2 chicks at a livestock swap a week ago that were labeled as Splash Wyandottes. I have no doubt about 1 of them, but the other has me scratching my head (the one that's more gold). It doesn't look like the other one or like other Wyandotte chicks I've seen. The chicks were in a bin...
Hello,
Thank you in advance to anyone who can assist. I am new to chicken keeping. I ordered seven baby chicks from MPC. They are 6.5 weeks old currently. I ordered six girls and one boy. However, I have my suspicions that some of my bullets are actually roos.
I have an assortment of breeds.
1...
Good morning!
I am a chicken newbie of one month. My mother raised ducks but I never liked them because they were mean to me as a toddler.
We have three single-comb, brown leg, three Columbian Wyandotte, and two Barred Rock. The Wyandottes are the calmest.
The three brown leg remind me of the...