🐔 Wyandotte
Chickens · breed reference
A ROSE comb on a heavy dual-purpose body — the northern keeper's bird, with nothing to frostbite and a winter's worth of feather. Silver Laced is the one everybody knows.
| Species | Chicken |
|---|---|
| Kept for | Both |
| Eggs per year | ~220 |
| First eggs | ~20 weeks |
| Table-ready | ~16 weeks |
| Sizes | Standard · Bantam |
Strains
- Production · ~250 eggs/yr · lays ~18 wks — Hatchery lines — lighter birds, more eggs, less lacing.
- Heritage · ~190 eggs/yr · lays ~22 wks — Standard-bred — the round, tight-feathered show bird with proper lacing.
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