I raised bantam wyandotts for many years, several different colors. I finally gave up and sold all of them. They couldn't get along with the majority of my other chickens. I kept a few favored pets and sold a good 250 of really good quality birds. I bought them from Amos Rovey in Litchfiled, IL, many years ago. He raised them and was getting out of them. I brought home over 500, went thru the standards, kept the best and sold the rest. I had a huge set up with 4 times the room they needed, and gave it up. My roosters went into individual cages because they could not get along with any other roosters. I put them down in barns, by variety when I wanted fertile eggs. Never ever again.
Cathryn rainbowsilkies MI
From: lafleche49 <hobbyguy@centurytel.net>
To: CHICKENS-101@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2012 9:58 PM
Subject: [CHICKENS-101] Re: Docile breed
Hi Sue, I have had a few that wouldn't take any guff off of another rooster or even dogs or cats for that matter but I can never remember
being attacked by a large Wyandotte rooster for any reason. I like them because in the cold weather I have NEVER had one freeze any part of their comb. Roosters will some times turn bad when they fight a lot among themselves.
I had a group of RC Brown Leghorns and Redcap large fowl which are supposed to be a bit flighty and stand offish around people. They were all raised together and ran in a pack like they were constantly hunting something.
I had to get rid of them because the nearly grown cockerels would slip up behind a person and suddenly and violently attack them. I thought I would be shrewd and eliminate the trouble makers one at a time and only have sane and nonviolent males left. When one of them would flog me I reached down and grabbed him and placed him in isolation with the rest of his buds. By the end of the week all of them were in isolation. The pullets had issues of their own so I sold the lot. And that is a personal account of why RC Brown Leghorns and Redcaps are on the rare list. [To answer your question I believe I got 2 bad batches myself.]
I have raised many hundreds of Cochins, Orpingtons, Rocks, Reds and many other single combed chickens that all [eventually]froze their combs off when it got cold and frosty. I kept the majority of my show bred Cochins in an insulated building under a heat lamp to cut the cold just enough to prevent frozen combs. These breeds can handle the cold just fine but their combs are vulnerable.
I have large White Rocks, Large Naked Necks, Large Crevecoeurs, but no large Wyandottes [I have a few Wyandotte bantams] right now. The question wasn't what "I" raised or liked but what was doclie and would lay well in a cold place. When a hen freezes her comb she will quit laying and when a rooster freezes his comb he will often stop mating and some few will go sterile. Someone mentioned Dominiques and these would also be a good choice and decent layers. Dean
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"wildliferescue29" <wildliferescue29@...> wrote:
Dean
I had a few BEAUTIFUL Wyandotte roos, huge birds and so lovely to look at. They are a splendid specimen of chickens. However, they were mean buggers and beat the snot out of my cochin roosters causing injuries and they also attacked me.
Was this an unusual situation? Could I have just gotten a mean batch?
I really liked them and still have the hens but I'm reluctant to try the roos again :(
Sue
being attacked by a large Wyandotte rooster for any reason. I like them because in the cold weather I have NEVER had one freeze any part of their comb. Roosters will some times turn bad when they fight a lot among themselves.
I had a group of RC Brown Leghorns and Redcap large fowl which are supposed to be a bit flighty and stand offish around people. They were all raised together and ran in a pack like they were constantly hunting something.
I had to get rid of them because the nearly grown cockerels would slip up behind a person and suddenly and violently attack them. I thought I would be shrewd and eliminate the trouble makers one at a time and only have sane and nonviolent males left. When one of them would flog me I reached down and grabbed him and placed him in isolation with the rest of his buds. By the end of the week all of them were in isolation. The pullets had issues of their own so I sold the lot. And that is a personal account of why RC Brown Leghorns and Redcaps are on the rare list. [To answer your question I believe I got 2 bad batches myself.]
I have raised many hundreds of Cochins, Orpingtons, Rocks, Reds and many other single combed chickens that all [eventually]froze their combs off when it got cold and frosty. I kept the majority of my show bred Cochins in an insulated building under a heat lamp to cut the cold just enough to prevent frozen combs. These breeds can handle the cold just fine but their combs are vulnerable.
I have large White Rocks, Large Naked Necks, Large Crevecoeurs, but no large Wyandottes [I have a few Wyandotte bantams] right now. The question wasn't what "I" raised or liked but what was doclie and would lay well in a cold place. When a hen freezes her comb she will quit laying and when a rooster freezes his comb he will often stop mating and some few will go sterile. Someone mentioned Dominiques and these would also be a good choice and decent layers. Dean
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"wildliferescue29" <wildliferescue29@...> wrote:
Dean
I had a few BEAUTIFUL Wyandotte roos, huge birds and so lovely to look at. They are a splendid specimen of chickens. However, they were mean buggers and beat the snot out of my cochin roosters causing injuries and they also attacked me.
Was this an unusual situation? Could I have just gotten a mean batch?
I really liked them and still have the hens but I'm reluctant to try the roos again :(
Sue
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