“I love our wyandotte! she is gorgeous and bright! laid more than expected, every day. she is a bit picky, and is at the top of the pecking order. very outgoing, and loves to learn new things. gets along well with other chickens.”
“Such beautiful birds! Both arrived healthy and have grown into such beautiful small hens. They are good layers and gorgeous but unfortunately, my two don't love humans the way my other girls do. But that is okay. They are still lovely to hang around and give us great eggs!”
“Lady and Lucy are calm and outgoing. They both hop up on my lap (and head!). Lady loves to sit and listen to me talk to her and gently coo‚Äôs back to me. I‚Äôve heard others call their wyandottes bullies, but neither of mine are in the slightest bit. They are by far the largest in their flock (mixed with polish bantams, silkies, etc) and don‚Äôt pick on or bully anyone. They are both stunning and draw attention with their beautiful feathers! Love my girls!”
“Our last Wyandotte was the top of the pecking order, but she was no bully. She simply let everyone know who the boss, was, and that was that. She held the flock together nicely, and had a calmness about her the other chickens didn't have. And she was a very consistent layer, producing about 5 eggs a week for us in her first year. (We use Purina organic layer pellets usually) The flock was better with her in it. We had a tragic loss to our flock in May, and had to replace our Wyandotte, so we're raising another. Again, this pullet is already showing a pleasant disposition at 6 weeks. She'll make a fantastic addition to the flock and will help balance out our nervous Rhode Island Reds (which are fabulous egg-laying machines!)
And one thing I really love, is Wyandotte combs are smaller, so in the North, they're easier to keep if your coop runs cold in the winter. They handled the cold best of any bird we've had yet.
You won't regret these beautiful birds, especially if you live in the North. These birds are on my "keeper" list.
I'm trying new breeds all the time to find what works best for our specific conditions, are good in our area during winter (northern NJ), and are also strong layers.
My current ideal flock includes Wyandotte, Australorp, and Rhode Island Reds.”
“We've had a lot of different breeds of chickens, but this breed, bought on a whim because of beauty, is a winner. Not only are these hens (and of course the roos) beautiful, but they have a very calm and pleasant disposition. Not the strongest egg layer for us, we'd get maybe 4-5 eggs a week from this hen, but adding one (or more) to your flock will really improve the flock dynamics.
Ours was the top of the pecking order. She took care of other bossy Rhode Island Reds, and mellowed them out. The RIRs are much calmer now, and the personality of this Wyandotte hen, coupled with her very good tolerance of winter makes this a must in our flock. We'll probably always have one - we're after strong layers, but this one adds strikingly good looks and calmer flock dynamics. Plus more eggs.”
“Named Dot and Pierogi, our two Golden Laced Wyandottes are VERY bossy girls. (We nicknamed them the Dinosaur Dottes because that‚Äôs what they‚Äôre like!) They are not really friendly to us, and did gang up on their flock mates until we removed them from the coop- fortunately doing nothing worse than feather picking, though they were especially hard on a little polish hen, getting to the point where they drew blood. But who can resist polish's topknot? Not even a chicken it seems‚Ķ We didn‚Äôt actually mean to get these two, we were sharing an order with someone else and at the last minute she couldn‚Äôt take them. And we don‚Äôt ever turn away baby chicks in need of a home! Dot is now in the Big-House with the older girls and Pierogi has been exiled to a small coop with a cheerful, but very large and overenthusiastic Easter Egger rooster. they are still eating feathers off their flock-mates, but we don't really blame them. Oh, and as for their health, they would pass any inspection! Glossy feathers, lush combs and wattles, and boy are they heavy! We had two GLWs before, we got them at a local feed store and they were very sickly. These MPC girls are extremely good layers as well- they don't make a good lap dog but are great if you want a nice healthy layer! I was rather torn as to what amount of stars to give them, five for the health? four for the feather picking?”
“my 2 GLW are incredibly sweet gentle friendly and gorgeous. Neither likes to be picked up, but Cyd Charisse come and sits in my lap and Helen lines to stay very near to me. One aggressive chicken seems to pick on them, but they don‚Äôt seem to mind. They make the sweetest little noises like an anime character come to life. This breed makes you want to get more and more of them.”
