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Wyandotte - All American Breed |
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The Wyandotte chicken is a breed of chicken that began in America and spread all over the world. The Wyandotte is a medium sized breast with a rose comb and clean legs. The chicken feathers are broad and loosely fitting. The area around the vent is very fluffy. The legs are yellow, although some silver laced may have grey. |
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There are eight colors recognized by the APA (American Poultry Association) which are golden laced, silver laced, white, black, buff, Columbian, partridge and silver penciled. In bantams there is also buff Columbian, black breasted red, blue red, lemon blue, barred, brown red, and birchen that are recognized by the American Bantam Association. However, there are more colors than that which are either recognized by similar organizations in other countries like the PCGB (Poultry Club of Great Britain). These colors include blue laced red and buff laced. Overall there are 17 colors. Golden Laced: The golden laced Wyandotte is a golden color with black around the edge of every feather and black tail. Joseph McKeen of Wisconsin was the originator of the Golden Laced Wyandotte. In 1880 he crossed Silver Laced Wyandotte females with a large “Black Red” patterned fowl of unknown origin called the Winnebago. The variety was admitted to the American Standard in 1888. Blue Laced Red: The blue laced red is a buff/red color with a blue that looks just like grey around the edge of every feather. Buff Laced: The buff laced is buff but with white around the edge of the feathers. White: The white is white all over. The whites are the rarest color in the UK. Black: The black is black all over. Buff: The buff is a buff color all over. A buff is like a ginger orange color. Columbian: Columbian is white, but with a black tail, black wing tips and the neck is mainly black with some white. Partridge: A red color but with three black stripes, meeting at the middle of the feather and then going outwards at an angle in the hen, and the cock looks like a typical farmyard cock.
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