The Poultry Keeper

Sprarkleby · Joined: 10 Apr 2006 Posts: 420 Location: Wicklow, Ireland

Well they have arrived! Poultry lady was adamant she was only going to sell me trios of 2 hens and one rooster.....my neighbours would love me. Eventually we haggled it down to a rooster and 5 hens on the basis 3 hens would be from the "miscellanous layers" pen. Ok deal done. The other 3? Well I ended up with a pair of Gold Laced Wyandotte hens and a Wyandotte rooster who will be getting sold should he prove to be a persistant crower!

So meet....

Delia - I assume hybrid, hen.

Ruby - Gold Laced Wyandoote, hen.

Roger - Wyandotte, rooster (what's the colour called?)

Hope I did ok in the selection!!

Sprarkleby · Joined: 10 Apr 2006 Posts: 420 Location: Wicklow, Ireland

Sooty & Sweep Hybrid? Hens.

Roxy Wyandotte hen

Everyone settling in

Fangs · Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 7:09 pm Post subject:

aww lovely birds! roger is also a gold laced wyandotte Smile

just his hackles are orange, as they don't tend to be laced. the other 3 hens looks like a light sussex and marans. all lvoely birds! congrats on getting them!
Fangs

milkmaid · Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 7424 Location: isle of lewis

they are lovely
love your rooster Very Happy

suz

Sprarkleby · Joined: 10 Apr 2006 Posts: 420 Location: Wicklow, Ireland

Thanks guys!! I did mean to ask about the misc. hens breeds but I was distracted by trying to keep hold of Roger and fending of a Turkey at the same time!

milkmaid · Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 7424 Location: isle of lewis

those turkeys can be friendly critters Wink

suz

AngieC · Joined: 25 Jan 2006 Posts: 71 Location: Dorset

Oooh, they're all gorgeous! Lucky you!

summayah · Joined: 14 Apr 2005 Posts: 4289 Location: luton

I agree with Fangs, I don't think you have mixies ~ I think you have pure breeds, light susses, marans and hold laced wyandottes ~ well done on the haggling.
You could put an ad for him in the mart further down the page.

Sprarkleby · Joined: 10 Apr 2006 Posts: 420 Location: Wicklow, Ireland

Oh good! I'll try to get some better pics in the morning and if you guys think Sooty, Sweep are Marrans and Delia a Light Sussex. (What colour are the Marrans?)

Close up of Delia

Close up of Sooty

debcat · Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 9:36 pm Post subject:

cuckoo marans
they are all lovely Very Happy

Lisa · Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 9:43 pm Post subject:

Great chooks Razz

Welcome to the wonderful world of chicken keeping - may you have lots of lovely eggs soon!!

Sprarkleby · Joined: 10 Apr 2006 Posts: 420 Location: Wicklow, Ireland

Thanks guys!

NannyP · Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 11:06 pm Post subject:

Lovely flock, well done. Yes marans and Light Sussex, some nice dark eggs form Sooty and Sweep and lighter eggs from Lt Sussex. Gold Laced lay pinky/white eggs and mine used to lay eggs much smaller than you would expect from someone so large Wink

CP · Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2006 12:23 am Post subject:

Lovely birds! Very Happy

nigel · Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2006 6:58 am Post subject:

My wyandottes lay smaller eggs too, but they do lay a lot of them Smile

Great flock