Britannia Ovens (esp Range cookers) your experience

[The 3 D's]

After going to the surrey country show yesterday and seeing loads of lovely chooks, it has made me want to expand my flock. I like the look of the wyandotte chooks and was just wondering what they were like. I have read about them in the books that i have got and on the internet but wanted to know what you wyandotte keepers think of them?

Thanks

Matt

[Lewis]

*calling Redwing*

 

They're great, we have a barred wyandotte chick at the moment but can't really hep with much else

Look great and make great pets

[tom123]

I keep Wyandotte Bantams which are almost the same as Large Wyandottes. Lovely characters, very pretty, good layers, stunning colours, can get very tame and also make good mothers.

 

The perfect chicken

[sjp]

I've got a Buff Laced Wyandotte thats sitting on eggs at the moment she's a little bit nervey around me ( I've only had her since easter) but she's not nasty. she can fly but only a short distance about 4 foot of the ground she does get picked on by 2 off my mid-order girls

but I'd certainly recommend dottes

[txswanie]

I have a silver laced Wyandotte called Marion Davies. Got her at 9 months old. She has been with us for 6 weeks now and she is an absolute sweetheart, very friendly and willing to be picked up and petted. The only thing that concerned me was that she insisted on being top chicken and she was quite a bit smaller than the cuckoo maran (Brigitte Bardot). In the end she got her way. She did it without any fights or injuries and was happy for me to play rooster. (I made sure from day 1 that I was in charge...wish I had done that with the dogs but alas, not so) She has happily laid an egg every single day for 6 weeks. Not a day off, bless her. There are days when I scold her for being a bully (shoving others out of the way, hogging the treats, etc) but all things considered I can whole heartedly recommend the breed.

Good luck.

Colette.

[Space Chick]

I have a gold laced Wyandotte, and she is a broody nightmare

 

She's also one of my least affectionate chickens and has never crouched. That said, she's very pretty to look at and doesn't cause any trouble (although she does have a long standing feud with one of my ex batts!)

[txswanie]

Here is my precious Marion Davies. I guess it just depends on your luck (or your cluck) as to their individual personalities but I wouldnt swap her for the world.

 

[MadMitch]

We had laced wyandotte bantams hatched yesterday, they are very pretty birds.

[miss_spent]

We went to Surrey County Show too, as live in Woking. Weren't there some gorgeous birds there? Was the first time I had been and was certainly a brilliant day out

[Redwing]

Wyandottes are the perfect breed as already said!

 

They have wonderful personalities and are super little things

 

They also come in lots of colours My faves are the barred ones

[Chunky_Monkey]

I think Wyandottes are lovely to look at - they're my favourite breed of chicken.

 

I have a Gold Laced Wyandotte called Guinevere. She's lovely to look at, but she's a total nightmare when she's broody! We have to go into the nestbox with thick gloves and a towel to cover her head when we go to chuck her out - if we didn't, I think we'd be covered in bruises and cuts! The only time I can pick her up (when she's not busy, that is) is when in the evening when she's dozy, but she is lovely then! She sings and doesn't stuggle at all. With any chicken, you could get one that's a nightmare or one that's lovely. Even if Guinevere is a little bosy and a bit of a bully sometimes, she's got a big personality and if I could get another Wyandotte, I would!

[grageomat]

I have a silver laced wyandotte and she is gorgeous a little bit of a bully to start with but by far the prettiest bird, i now have a blue laced on order due for pick up next month and im so excited!!

[Mrs Webmuppet]

We have a gold laced Wyandotte.

 

She goes broody regularly and gets in a right strop when you turf her out of the nest box. She is a noisy little madam and moves with alarming speed (along the lines of road runner).When she isn't broody she is a good layer.

[sezra]

She did it without any fights or injuries and was happy for me to play rooster.

 

Hi.

 

I just wondered how do you play rooster? I presume it means showing them you are the boss?

 

Thank you

[txswanie]

She did it without any fights or injuries and was happy for me to play rooster.

 

Hi.

 

I just wondered how do you play rooster? I presume it means showing them you are the boss?

 

Thank you

 

Yes, just showing the bully who is boss. I did it with a water pistol and by lightly pushing her when I saw her picking on others. She was sitting at the entrance to the coop for a while, stopping the others from getting in. Few squirts of water and she moved off grumbling.

I wish I was top dog with my dogs... sadly I am not..

Colette

[maryeadrian]

I've had a GLW since she was 13 weeks and she's now 13 months. She's bottom of the pecking order and lets the others pull her feathers. Now she has to be separated during the day. She sits on a low roost and they come up and peck at her. She's very passive....except with me! Sometimes she sits next to me, somtimes she follows me but she does like to bite me! Sometimes when I'm removing one that's bullying her, she flies up and bites me. If I'm poo picking, she bites me. Very strange. She doesn't crouch, either. But a very sweet girl most of the time.