Wyandotte

I have raised Wyandottes for many years. I’ve have had Colombians, Silver, Gold, and now I have a flock of Blue Laced Red. They are all a docile, dual-purpose breed. I keep them for their medium sized pale brown or tan eggs and for meat. Wyandotte hens make great setters and are devoted mothers. My hens will lay around 160 eggs a year with an exceptional hen laying around 190 eggs a year. From my inter action with Wyandottes, they don’t like to be touched or held. They are happy to greet and follow me around the yard as I do my chores. Besides their beauty, WHAT I LOVE ABOUT WYANDOTTES THE MOST IS THAT THEY STAY ON THE GROUND. THEY DON’T JUMP ON YOUR AUTOMOBILES.

Very adorable cute and sweet birds.

I have more Wyandottes currently than any other breed. All but two are rescues. The girls are very fluffy and pretty. They take very good care of themselves free ranging, even as chicks. I had a cockerel that was taken by a fox. Gabriel was wary of people and would run the other boys off. He scared the bantam girls, and would try to stand up to me. I believe this was because of his cruel owner. She would beat him daily with a broom as young as 12 weeks old. She said it would teach him not to be mean when he was older. Even though he was kind of a jerk, I miss him very much. He tried to protect his girls as best as he could.I would definitely recommend them.

Oh my goodness. Where to start. Where to start. Okay, so I have two red laced blue Wyandottes, and, lemme say, these are WONDERFUL chickens. Mine are so cute and fluffy, and very nice to look at. They are pretty even tempered, and are the flock bosses. It might help to say that they are the oldest it my flock, Which is probably why they're the flock bosses. They are pretty good layers, but mine don't always lay in the winter ( what bird does? ). Their eggs are medium sized and are brown. These are the best winter birds. They don't have the problem of their combs freezing off because theirs are small and lay tightly against the head. Their feathers keep them wonderfully warm, and the girls are good free rangers. I hope I helped you!

We have 3 Silver Laced Wyandotte hens and all 3 are gorgeous. They're friendly and social with both people and their fellow flock members. They're stocky and hearty, great foragers. They are great layers and lay about 5 large, light brown eggs per week. One of them, "Purr", is very sweet and is one of my flock favorites. She will rush out to greet me, purring and cooing the entire time. She loves to be pet and handled. Their striking looks are a bonus. I will be adding more Wyandottes to my flock next spring.

I have a gold laced (Jazz) and blue laced red (Rose) who are about 8 months old. Rose is a beautiful bird but not overly friendly and has been plagued with crop issues. She's also testy with the other birds. Jazz is extremely friendly to humans ( if you have food) but does not play well with others. Daisy the Orpington rules and Jazz is her "enforcer'. She pecks or plucks anyone who gets in her way or out of line except for Daisy. She also absolutely terrorizes the young roo, sneaking up behind him to grab a beak full of tail feathers. I think he lives in constant fear of her blitzkreig attacks and she enjoys the challenge of outwitting him, streaking out from behind something to grab, pull and run.

Entertaining as Jazz can be, neither Wyandotte lays especially well. I get about 3 per week from each and they're about medium size, a step up from the very small eggs when they first started laying. My Orp, EE and Legbar all lay large eggs almost daily.

Wyandottes are pretty and I may always have one for that reason but will look to other breeds for egg production.

I love my wyandotte because she's beautiful but she does bite me. She has since she was a few days old so I doubt she'll stop now. Aside from her nipping at my fingers she's been a great chicken, loves my other hens and gets along with the roostroosters.

I have 5 Columbian and 5 Silver Laced Wyandottes and they are proving to be the very nearly perfect chicken to me. The began laying at 19 weeks and have laid an egg consistently every day since. They are by far my best layers. I do have one Columbian that goes broody about every other month so I may just let her hatch out some eggs next time. It has to be frustrating to her to sit and have nothing to show for it.

I have 3 Golden Laced Wyandotte pullets; they are 5 months old. They are not laying yet, so I can't comment on that. They are stunningly beautiful and a pleasure to watch in my yard. Each of mine has a different personality; one is friendly and loves to be held and petted. One is flighty and doesn't like to be touched but is not aggressive. The third is hard to catch but she is calm and will tolerate some petting when you catch her. I hand raised them and held them quite a bit as chicks.

Love Love LOVE my Wyandottes! I have 3 silver laced and one blue laced. One of them is incredibly inquisitive and friendly, one is almost impossible to catch and the other two are somewhere in between. They did take a long time to start laying (around 8 months) but have laid consistently since then. They are very gentle and intelligent birds and whilst I could never eat mine, friends with Wyandottes have said they are decent eating birds too. Great with my 2 and 5 year old as well. And their chicks are sooooooo cute!

I have a gold laced Wyandotte pair. Absolutely GORGEOUS. But they are the flightiest birds I have ever had! Especially the cockerel. He runs like a little girl. If I walk in, the bolt everywhere! If you want wild, get a Wyandotte. The pullet is also super pecky. Watch your fingers and cover your eyes! (Yes. She pecked me in the eye.)

I have 4 Silver laced Wyandotte hens and 1 silver laced Wyandotte rooster. They are awesome. They are beautiful, they are very friendly even my rooster is friendly. they lay pretty well. They forage most of the day and don't hog down allot of feed. They are pretty smart birds and they are friendly to the other birds in my flock as well.

I cant think of one bad thing to say about these guys

I bought 2 Silver girls just hatched 3 days ago. I have read many good things about them but I am starting to worry if they are the right bird for me. Do birds with rose combs do well in the heat? I live in SoCal and we can hit over 100 in the summer. I bought them at a local feed store but does that mean they live happily in our climate?

We are on our third summer of having a few backyard chickens, and our Columbian and Golden-Laced Wyandottes are the queens of the flock. The Columbian is a very large chicken - white, fluffy and very heavy. She's docile, calm, quiet, and even in her third summer a steady layer of large pale pinkish-brown eggs. She has gone broody 3 or 4 times but I've figured out how to break her of it - I just lock her out of her house for a couple of days. (The flock has a few different places to lay and they sleep on roosts outside, so it doesn't inconvenience anyone else.) The Golden is a bit smaller though still larger than the others I have, but her eggs are the same, large and pinkish. She's very sweet and quiet too (unlike my very noisy easter eggers.) They are both absolutely beautiful chickens!

I have two Wyandottes, a cockerel and a pullet. My cockerel is a gorgeous silver-laced boy and is a great protector of the flock. He is very gentle and friendly towards people although he can be aggressive towards other chickens. I have raised my pullet since she was 3 weeks old and although she was skittish when we got her she is now a very gentle, sweet and affectionate chicken. She will run over to you when you walk out the door. From my personal experience they are excellent layers and will lay every other day. For any people looking to get started in keeping chickens, Wyandottes are the way to go.

I love my Wyandottes. They are trouble-free, healthy birds that lay very pretty medium-brown eggs of large size. I bought two adult hens a few years ago (I have since closed my flock) and they have been such wonderful birds that I ordered more this spring and recommend them to people regularly. A close friend purchased others from the same small flock (the were being sold because their owner just couldn't put a stop to the foxes on his property) and we've both had great luck. She wanted chicks and her hen was an absolutely wonderful mother. Quiet and docile without eggs, Wilma became a momma bear when she was sitting on eggs and had her babies under her. She would stare down anyone or anything coming to get her babies. Once they were out and foraging, she went straight back to her docile self. I didn't want to hatch out any chicks and it can be quite difficult to convince a broody Wyandotte that's she's not going to have a clutch of eggs.
I've been around 3 Wyandotte roosters, 2 have been absolute gentlemen and the 3rd was just a little aggressive as a yound bird. Because of their massive size, the roosters can be a little hard on smaller hens.
Overall, I couldn't recommend Wyandottes more highly for a backyard flock. They would be especially great for a family with young children who might want to hatch out some chicks from very friendly hens.

I have a Silver Laced and a Columbian. The Silver Laced one is incredibly aggressive toward humans even at a young age. She actually BITES me. The Columbian is just super skittish. Both are VERY noisy and loud every waking moment. Not at all like my other breeds (Dominique and Speckled Sussex), whom are gentle, quiet, inquisitive and sweet.

I LOVE wyandottes! They are very beautiful and incredibly docile! Lucy loves to perch on my arms and head, but the con about it is she will if she wants to, I'm feeding them...She gets on my head.

Very stubborn, yes, very sweet, yes. I could never butcher this breed, too sweet and trusting. Not hard to tame and are very lazy; (Cute and a taming bonus). They are heavyweight so they are good for butcher but I never intend to butcher such a wonderful breed.

mine last wyandotte just died today by a coyote. So not the best at defending themselves since this is the second time I had them. But they are sweet girls and lay lovely round eggs. It's so sad to see them go.

I have 2 gold laced wyandottes, and they are my favorite of the flock! they are so fluffy and sweet, they will jump on my lap at any given time, but are also very brave, steeling treats from the dog during free range time.