Other Breed Info please.... :o

[Jean]

Does anyone know of any LF wyandotte breeders?  I would like some for my laying flock.  I think they are neat looking birds and I need more brown egg layers.

I am interested in the gold laced, silver laced, patridge and silver penciled.

Thanks!

Jean

PS I still love ameraucanas!!!

[Mike Gilbert]

Jean,
Duane Urch of Minnesota sells baby chicks in most of those varieties.   I keep a few golden laced and blue laced gold, but not enough to be able to promise anything.  

[Jean]

Thanks Mike!

I have last years list from him, but I completely spaced it off.  I pulled it out of the file and he has most of what I would like.

Thank you,

Jean

PS Do you know if you can breed silver laced and gold laced together?

[Mike Gilbert]

You can, and I have, but I can\'t recommend it.    By crossing the two varieties you may be bringing in brassiness in the silver males.   I did it to improve type in my small flock of goldens.    Now many of the goldens have white wing tips on the outside two to four primaries.   I hope to breed that out within a few years.   A better cross (once you have the type you want) is to cross blue laced gold with goldens.   It\'s like mating wheatens with blue wheatens - you end up with about have of each.    Another thing I didn\'t like about the Silver Wyandotte large fowl was that they were very slow to feather out, while the goldens are fast feathering.  Plus they are good producers of medium sized dark brown eggs.    Part of my start in the goldens came from Duane Urch, but I did bring in other bloodlines as well.  

[Jean]

Mike,

I have decided that I like the partridge and silver penciled varieties.  I really like the unique pattern they have.  I already called Duane and talked to him about them.

Thanks again,

Jean