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Wyandotte Varieties:
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Several of the varieties I keep can breed from a single (carefully
chosen) mating - which is all part of the fun of the breed. To
add to the fun I am also developing new and non-standard varieties.
Some of which are now breeding true but others still throw the occasional
"one-off" -which are often truly unique and often very beautiful..
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Partridge* (known as the "Royalty
of the Show pen". Males: enhanced traditional farmyard cockerel
colouring, yellow, orange, red and black with a green sheen.
Females: soft beige background with tracery of fine concentric black
rings following the outline of each feather and gold hackles)
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Silver Pencilled*(as
partridge but males black and white, i.e. all colours except black
are replaced with white, females: tracery of fine concentric black
rings following the outline of each feather on a white back ground)
- Blue
Partridge (as Partridge but black is replaced by blue and
markings slightly less distinct)
- Blue Silver Pencilled
(as Pencilled but black
is replaced by blue and markings slightly
less distinct)
- Gold
Laced* (mahogany or bay feathers edged with black)
- Silver
laced* (white feathers edged with black)
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Blue Silver Laced (white feathers edged with blue)
- Blue
Laced (mahogany feathers edged with blue)
- Buff
Laced (mahogany or sometimes-paler feathers edged with white
- Black
(black plumage with an intense iridescent ‘beetle’ green
sheen)
- Blue
(soft blue grey all over)
- Speckled/Spangled
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(dark mahogany background with black and white
speckles)
- Millefleur**
(chestnut background, black and white speckles)
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Mottled**
(black, green sheen, with white speckles)
- Non
Standard (all sorts of colours and
patterns are bred from time to time as part of breeding program,
these are just as beautiful as standard varieties but are often
unique, never to be repeated creations)
*Mostly available as
"pullet-breeders" stock which produces exhibition quality females.
Exhibition males are bred from separate lines as the
“cock-breeding” hens are slightly different to pullet-breeders
**The name for the varieties with white speckles
is not yet agreed by breeders.
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