How many chickens in Eglu Cube

[Tilly Bud]

Hello,

 

I'm on the look out for a new hen and a friend of mine has recommended me Blue Laced Wyandottes. I don't know much about this breed, I was wondering if anyone has them/knows about them/has kept them and can give me any useful information on sizes/amount of eggs they lay/temperament etc. The internet's so vast I thought first hand tips might be more helpful!

 

Thanks x

[scarlettohara]

Redwing should be able to help - she is a big wyandotte fan and has lots, hers are bantams though

[Tweety]

Hi, I have 2 blue laced Wyandottes and they are lovely girls. They are both placid characters, and get on well with the other hens, and of course they look beautiful. On the down side, they do have a tendency to go broody at the drop of a hat , and I have to say that they don't lay a huge number of eggs.

[tom123]

They are lovely, placid hens who make good pets. They do go broody in the summer months and will lay roughly 250 large cream/tinted eggs. They are bigger than a hybrid but not by a lot

[Redwing]

I mostly have bantam Wyandottes but do have one odd large one, she is about the same height as a hybrid but with shorter legs and a plumper body, they are pretty calm though can be prone to broodiness

 

One thing to bear in mind is that a BL dotte will normally be reasonably expensive, when you breed blue laced you will get a mix of gold laced, buff laced and blue laced chicks so only around a third of hatches will be blue laced then statistically half of those will be boys so to actually get one blue laced pullet the breeder may have hatched six chicks