Wyandotte

I have four chickens, and they are still young- almost 3 months old now. I have one Silver-Laced Wyandotte that is the Beta girl in the flock. All the other girls get along well, but Silver always has to start something. She seems to continually pick on the other chickens, all except Ninja, the Alpha, a Black Australorp that for some reason is SO much bigger than the other girls (but very gentle and protective of them). She isn't aggressive with people at all, however, and eats out of our hands and comes when we call just like the others do. She isn't as friendly as our Blue Andalusian, who likes to sit on my shoulder, or our Americauna either, but I wouldn't say she's standoffish.
But, to sum up...

In a nutshell, my father always used to tell me: "Don't start no s*** and there won't be no s***"

Silver likes to start s***, pardon my chickenese...

I bought two of these because it was on the list of cold hardy breeds in addition to the beauty of the bird. They are very nice birds and get along well with the others in my flock but they are not much for human interaction. They stay on the outskirts with my black star when I visit them in the coop.

I got some of these Chickens from KY and took them down to south Ga. They cant take the heat, and get sick easy, most died.

I love my Silver Laced Wyandotte!! It is such a great breed!

I purchased a silver-laced Wyandotte from the local feed and seed in March, along with two EE's. So far I have been more than impressed with "Pepe's" level of intelligence. She is able to slip through small holes from the pullets' pen to the laying hens' pen (we have 4 laying red stars) and does things none of the other chickens can do.
She is a runt, and therefore is picked on for her small stature, but she holds her own against the other chickens.
She does not take kindly to being handled, however. My EE's don't mind being held, but Pepe will not tolerate any sort of handling and flaps her wings frantically.
She hasn't started laying yet, but if you're looking for a breed that will entertain and impress you, this is it.

I'd had Silver Laced Wyandottes since I was a kid in 4H. I've also had Golden Laced Wyandottes and the Blue Laced Red Wyandottes. They are mostly friendly, some can be a bit skiddish, and independant, but, mostly they are friendly. They are good layers of medium to large brown eggs. They are extremely cold hardy and they do fairly well in hot temperatures too. They are good foragers as well. I bought my prettiest laced hens from Cackle Hatchery in Missouri. Here's a photo of one of my GL Wyandottes "Big Momma".

Bought 5 golden laced adult laying hens from an animal hoarder. The birds loved their new pen and layed me an egg 20 minutes after release into the cage. I love these birds, calm, beautiful, consistant egg laying, and they seem to be kind of maternal watching over the peepers and letting them crawl all over them. Would recommend this bird to anyone.

great bird, just alittle more stand off ish she is a silver lace

I have two Wyandottes - a silver-laced and a gold-laced. They don't seem to be as good layers as my Barred Rock, but I don't keep good statistics. They are never willing to be held and they are difficult to catch. Yesterday, I caught the pair of them pecking at a newly cracked egg, and while all my birds have done this at one point, it was funny to me that the other two in the flock were outside the coop and the two Wyandottes were stealing an egg from me. The gold-laced wyandotte is the least friendly of any chicken I've ever had. The dogs are both afraid of her and she has pecked me and friends. I'm not afraid of her - I just grab her and flip her over when she threatens me and that has reduced her notion that she is dominant in our relationship, but it's worth noting that this breed is much less friendly than my Barred Rock. I won't go with Wyandottes again.

I should also add that this is my noisiest breed. One of them has gender identity issues and she crows in the morning. Thank God for my understanding neighbors.

I have 2 Wyandottes and they are both good layers. Not overly friendly, but we just got them as adults. Very plump birds! It's funny to watch them run.

We breed and raise a variety of Wyandottes (large fowl and banam) in all colors. They are friendly, even tempered birds that are easy going and well tempered (even the roosters). Great for 4-H and shows. They do go broody, which has been great for our children to learn the process hens go through to have peeps. Ours are not hatchers. They are consistent layers and produce a nice large light to dark brown egg. I'd recommend them to anyone

My slw's are only about 2 weeks old now. They are cute little round fluff balls still. Starting to get their wing feathers and tail feathers now. Round little bodies. They fall asleep standing up, then flop over....funny.

My SLW's are now 26 weeks old. They are big and plump, very pretty pullets. One has more white to her coloring that the other 3. They are farm hens, I don't treat any of my chickens like pets necessarily. They get treats here and there, but daily receive laying pellets, scratch grains, and kitchen scraps and get to free range part of the day. They tend to flock together, but my flock as a whole does this, there are 3-4 cliques in the whold flock. The leghorns and stars stick together, the EE's stick together, and the SLW's and Dark Bantam Brahmas stick together, and I have 2 pullets that are Spangled hamburg mixes that stick together. They all go off in their own little groups.

I have five 1- year old Silver laced Wyandottes that I purchased from Cackley Hatchery. They don't quite look like what a typical SLW should look like, but I'm truly not an expert. All of mine have some brown on their tale and are more white than I expected. The eggs that they lay are a very pale brown, to the point of almost looking white against my other brown eggs. Also, they don't lay a very big egg.. on the weight scale they are considered small to medium.

I sell all my extra eggs, but don't include these because they are so much smaller than my other eggs (barred rock, rhode island red, buff orpington).

LOVE LOVE my. Buff Wyondottes! They are sweet and gentle.... Even my roo! I have Buff Wyondottes, Rhode Island Reds, Red and Black Stars, and a Plymoth, and the Buffs are my favorite! They are not at all aggressive. They lay consistently even in the winter beautiful xlg light. Rown eggs. I have a buff setting on eggs right now!

I bought 3 SLW's from a local farm store, they were supposed to be pullets but unfortunately only one turned out to be a pullet, so the roo's found another home.

So now I have 1 SLW, and 5 GLW's. I love these girls, and I love their coloring. They are just all around great chickens, and beautiful birds to boot! Looking forward to getting some BLRW's soon.

This our first year raising chickens & these gals are our least favorite of the bunch. They definitely add a splash of variety within all the reds though. They aren't aggressive, but friendly either & they're the hardest ones to get back into the coop after spending the day outside. Fast little buggers!

After painstakingly researching every breed of chicken out there, I came to the conclusion that the Wyandotte is the chicken breed that has it all.
Good egg layers? Excellent
Enough meat on their bones? Definitely
Gentle and friendly? Yes they are
Cold weather hardy? One of the best
Pleasing to the eye? Every bit of breathtakingly gorgeous

Of course, every one of these characteristics are more important than the next. Sometimes all I care about is the stunningly beautiful plumage, but to be able to have the best of both worlds as far as production (eggs & meat), plus the added bonus of being able to show my love and affection to these sweethearts? They are so tolerant that they will fall asleep on my knees while I watch TV.

It took me years before I finally purchased my own flock. This is because I was looking to get a specific mix all at the same time; Blue Laced Reds, Golden Laced, and Silver Laced. My patience has payed off, because now I'm watching my beautiful birds grow and develop.

I recommend this breed to everyone!

Our golden laced Wyandottes are our favorite birds. One of them is highest in the pecking order and she follows us around everywhere and loves to cuddle. Hand raised them from chicks, but as "teenagers" they started getting shy. This is quickly corrected by picking them up every day after they start laying and doing the "stompy dance". Then they warm right up to you again. But that is my only complaint. The eggs are awesome. Beautiful, smooth, big and round and perfect for dying at easter! They make the cutest little sounds - "Baw-baw-baw-baw." (As compared with our RIR's which practically scream!)