Mansfield, IL
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Varieties
- Purpose
- dual
- Egg color
- brown
- Eggs / year
- ~200
- Hen weight
- ~6.5 lbs
- Cold hardy
- Yes
- Heat tolerant
- No
- Temperament
- calm, self-assured, sometimes aloof
- Forages
- good
- Broodiness
- moderate
- APA class
- American
- NPIP stock code
- R95
- Origin
- United States
Breed guide
Wyandotte
Also known as: Silver Laced Wyandotte, Gold Laced Wyandotte, Columbian Wyandotte, Blue Laced Red Wyandotte
American breed from the 1870s with a rose comb and round, well-feathered body. The Silver Laced came first, and many laced and solid varieties followed. It lays well, and the carcass is worth dressing out.
Keeper's notes
The rose comb is nearly frostbite-proof, which puts this breed near the top for cold, wet winters. Dense fluff can hide mites, so check under the tail every so often.
From the 1910 Standard of Perfection
Class: American
Standard weights: cock 8.5 lbs, hen 6.5 lbs, cockerel 7.5 lbs, pullet 5.5 lbs
“In shape, Wyandottes have a type peculiarly their own. It is emphatically a bird of curves.”
Disqualifications: Silver variety: ear-lobes more than one-quarter positive enamel white; shanks other than yellow.
APA recognized varieties
American · American Standard of Perfection, 2010 list
Silver Laced 1883Golden Laced 1888White 1888Black 1893Buff 1893Partridge 1893Silver Penciled 1902Columbian 1905Blue 1977
Wyandotte listings
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Where to find Wyandotte
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Regional breeders with this breed on file (138)
Decatur, IL
Spring Valley, IL
Cherry Valley, IL
Chesterfield, IL
East Mcleansboro, IL
Mount Zion, IL
Pekin, IL
Sterling, IL
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Regional hatcheries that carry it (18)
Johnston City, IL
Lake Barrington, IL
Chicago, IL
Zeeland, MI
Ashland, OH
Mt Gilead, OH
Ashland, OH
Polk, OH
Sugarcreed, OH
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Sourced from NPIP state directories, matched by the stock codes each participant registers. A flock may keep breeds beyond what it registers, so this list runs conservative.
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