Columbian Wyandottes

precisionplymouthrocks · Post by **precisionplymouthrocks** » Sun Nov 06, 2016 9:35 am

Ontario Chick wrote:QR_BBPOST Bantams ?

They are large fowl

Skinny rooster · Post by **Skinny rooster** » Sun Nov 06, 2016 10:29 am

OC, not sure if I did it correctly but I sent you a thank you for the info, much appreciated. If I can find it, I'm going to try and put up a picture from 1914 of a prize winning Columbian Wyandott rooster, an actual picture not an artist's rendering, I think people will be surprised.

Ontario Chick · Post by **Ontario Chick** » Sun Nov 06, 2016 10:57 am

You are welcome. :)
Sounds great, I still remember Syble posting pictures of good quality LF birds compared to hatchery birds, and I think we were all surprised.
Unfortunately I am aware of all the things that aren't right with my birds, but it's great fun to try for the good stuff, and to have something to remind us what the good stuff looks like certainly helps.
Now I suspect a bird from 1914 may differ quite a bit from what we now imagine is the "perfect" type.

Skinny rooster · Post by **Skinny rooster** » Sun Nov 06, 2016 8:40 pm

Ok hope this works. I have a bunch of old vet books that have been in the family for years. This picture comes from a book by a veterinarian Dr. Chas. J. Korinek in Oregon, it's copyrighted by him 1915.

Skinny rooster · Post by **Skinny rooster** » Sun Nov 06, 2016 8:43 pm

There OC what do you think? Sorry that is as clear as I can get, maybe he is the great great great great great granddaddy of your chickens lol.

Ontario Chick · Post by **Ontario Chick** » Sun Nov 06, 2016 9:16 pm

Great, Thanks for posting.
As I suspected, not the type we would expect now, many of the shortcomings I see on my birds, the breast too shallow, the back a bit too long, which makes me think probably too narrow in the body, I think you might be right, probably an early prototype of mine ; )

Skinny rooster · Post by **Skinny rooster** » Sun Nov 06, 2016 9:32 pm

Yes surprising, not as meaty as the Wyandotts of today and not as square in the body as the Wyandotts of today. I was hoping to ease the pressure a bit as well, of course a drawing from days of old can "look" perfect but here is an example of what people actually had. If you are seeing faults in your birds then you don't have "barn blindness" and that's a good thing lol. You should have seen the disaster my four golden laced Wyandotts turned out to be. Honestly the only thing I could see as "Wyandott" about them was their combs, yup that's it, so I made sure they were taken out of the gene pool.

Ontario Chick · Post by **Ontario Chick** » Sun Nov 06, 2016 9:39 pm

This picture is few years old, not my stock and unfortunately I don't remember where it came from, but a good picture for comparison of the "old type"
and the more "modern type" I would be quite happy if I produced a bird like that :)

WaupoosCowgirl · Post by **WaupoosCowgirl** » Mon Nov 07, 2016 8:01 am

This is one of my 2 old girls they are 6 1/2 years old now. Would love to have more have realized they are one of my favourites in the hen house.

Post by **Killerbunny** » Mon Nov 07, 2016 8:03 am

They are sweet girls. Maybe OC will have some hatching eggs come spring?