jill the potter Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 Thanks, Tom - would you recommend them as easy to integrate with existing hens? Have a warren and a blackrock at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 Look great We have Audrey the Barred Dotte # The intro's will have to be done slowly, and the new hen will have to be POL age You might be best intro'ing 2 to your two too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karlotta Posted July 17, 2010 Share Posted July 17, 2010 Gosh they are gorgeous!!! Think I NEED some bantie wyandottes! Now where can I get them round here? Sorry to hijack the thread, but as I've got so many Wyandotte experts all together.... I hatched what I was told was a SIlver Laced Wyandotte (LF) 11 weeks ago and she (ever the optimist!) is definitely barred instead! I don't think the breeder has barred so is this a recessive gene that some Silver laced can have? I'll grab some pics later on for the obligatory sexing! Again soory!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted July 17, 2010 Author Share Posted July 17, 2010 I'd love to see her post away and any questions you ask will help me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercedes55 Posted July 17, 2010 Share Posted July 17, 2010 They are just gorgeous. We are thinking of increasing our flock once we have our WIR at the end of next month and thought it would be nice to get a couple of 'posh' birds. I see someone has already asked if they would mix with a Warren which is what we have as they are ex batts It's hard to see on the pics what size they are, can anyone give an idea of how big they are compared to a Warren or similar bird of that size Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted July 17, 2010 Author Share Posted July 17, 2010 Hope they do, they need to mix with mine when they are grown up. They grow to be a larger bantam, in my book 3lb but some don't look as big. Redwing suggested them to me (she has a bit of a thing about them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarlettohara Posted July 17, 2010 Share Posted July 17, 2010 They are gorgeous Plum - here's mine she is 7 weeks now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted July 17, 2010 Author Share Posted July 17, 2010 She's really cute as well Mine are very nervous and not come out yet this morning though I have removed them from the cat carrier now and they shot into their house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercedes55 Posted July 17, 2010 Share Posted July 17, 2010 Oh my she is lovely, I really want some now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarlettohara Posted July 17, 2010 Share Posted July 17, 2010 She's really cute as well Mine are very nervous and not come out yet this morning though I have removed them from the cat carrier now and they shot into their house. Mine were for the first couple of days - now they let me hold them and completely ignore the mad barking terrier who sits next to the eglu all day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snoxy Posted July 17, 2010 Share Posted July 17, 2010 Totally and utterly GORGEOUS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom123 Posted July 17, 2010 Share Posted July 17, 2010 They really are lovely, I have a bit og a thing for them. Have to collect every colour! (Almost there!) Introductions will be the same as any other breed, take it slowly and go at their pace. There's a thread on the 'About Chickens' section to help with introductions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted July 17, 2010 Share Posted July 17, 2010 Smashing Plum they are georgeous! i do have a thing about Wyandotte bantams - they account for about three quarters of my flock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jill the potter Posted July 17, 2010 Share Posted July 17, 2010 Oooo Plum you lucky thing. I have been after a silver laced for ages but everyone you phone says 'they've all gone' and 'I can't breed enough of them' and because I am so impatient I have put my name down for a light sussex and a hybrid called a 'sandy' which is part CLB. The other reason I decided not to get a bantam was I thought it might get picked on by the others with it being smaller. Whereabouts are the wyandottes ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
migsy Posted July 17, 2010 Share Posted July 17, 2010 You can get wyandottes from garden-hens.co.uk and http://www.storrspoultry.co.uk/prices.php. Don't know if they have any in stock though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted July 17, 2010 Author Share Posted July 17, 2010 At the end of the garden couldn't take any good pictures today they have been in hiding apart from a quick excursion to have some pellets and another to have a panic attack while I was weatherproofing their area. Hope they come out tomorrow. Right so they came from Ashover, Derbyshire are you tempted. Not so far from you, he breeds different colours and silver laced Had a lot of cockerals this year though. He's setting a lot of eggs this weekend you could put your name down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted July 17, 2010 Author Share Posted July 17, 2010 And his parents are potters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
migsy Posted July 17, 2010 Share Posted July 17, 2010 What are wyandottes like for laying? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercedes55 Posted July 18, 2010 Share Posted July 18, 2010 What are wyandottes like for laying? Good question, I would like to know what size eggs they lay as I am guessing they will be on the small side Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted July 18, 2010 Author Share Posted July 18, 2010 I'll let you know in about 6 months Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercedes55 Posted July 18, 2010 Share Posted July 18, 2010 I'll let you know in about 6 months Heck that is a long time to wait Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tutti Frutti Posted July 18, 2010 Share Posted July 18, 2010 Do they do LF pencilled? (showing my ignorance here! ) I fancy a Buff Sussex too... does the list never end? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom123 Posted July 18, 2010 Share Posted July 18, 2010 There is a LF Silver Pencilled but they are quite rare. My Bantams lay around 200-220 eggs a year and they do go broody. Egg size is roughly in between a small bantam (pekin) and a LF egg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted July 18, 2010 Author Share Posted July 18, 2010 I was a bit mean this afternoon and shut the door to their house so they had to stay out Their run was made of dismantled cube run (can you recognize any parts?) and made into isolation run by a cut up vinyl banner The lid lifts up so I can walk in and they fly out Luckily the biggies just stared at them in amazement- good girls Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom123 Posted July 18, 2010 Share Posted July 18, 2010 Lovely and love the run Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
