“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.”
“I was tortured trying to decide on a rooster. I had a lovely Blue Orpington who passed away he was y sweet kind and beautiful. I truly thought he couldn't be surpassed. Well Eastwood is too pretty to be real, honestly. He is ginormous, gentle and the colors are breathtaking. He is almost a year old and his tail is just now getting long green swirling feathers that sweep the ground behind his golden laced body. He has a frill of pointed red gold feathers around his neck and a big flat comb. I did order a hen as well but she didn't live past 3 months and we were so sorry to loose our darling Rose. Eastwood is one beautiful hearty boy with a lovely deep rich voice. He is good to his ladies and he was the perfect choice. If you need a rooster do consider Golden Laced Wyandotte! I wish I had ordered a few golden girls!”
“Not sure how the females are, but ours turned out to be a male. He was ALWAYS the first to get the food, from the very start, he was huge, top of the hierarchy. He definitely got respect. But he was kind of aggressive about it. He kept everyone in line, but once we re-homed him, everyone seemed a lot more at ease. He had a bff that was a black australorp we ended up re-homing with him to cut down on stress to both birds. They had been inseparable from the start. None of my other chicks ended up with that sort of bond- he'd get very upset if she (or any of the other birds) started squawking. Not sure if he'd make a great rooster since he definitely pushed out all the girls for the food and treats, but he was becoming more aware of what was going on around them. If nothing else, he was certainly gorgeous. And was first to come over if he thought you had treats. He got the girls all interested in food since he'd eat pretty much anything. I'm unsure if I'd get another because he was more aggressive than my more docile girls, but I'm not sure if that's due to being a boy or due to the breed's personality. Either way, was pretty sad he turned out to be a boy, but I know sexing day-old chickens isn't 100%. I miss him and his boisterous personality.”
“We have two GL Wyandotte‚Äôs. Live in SD, did great in very cold winter temps. Socially good. Excellent egg layers year after year, 5 years and counting. Never broody. Beautiful birds!!”
“Our GLW Henniken is a beautiful bird. She was raised with a Black Laced Wyandotte and a super blue layer from MPC. She is the least friendly of the bunch even though she was treated exactly the same. We still love her, but we are dying to cuddle her and we can't! Oh well, we have a cuddly Easter Egger, BLW, Super blue and a snuggly polish. I guess we just chalk it up to personality. She lays peewee eggs, and we hope they will get larger as she gets older, but right now they look as small as a bantam's. I am not certain of the breed stock she comes from, but I can say she isn't aggressive and she does come running, you just can't touch or or move toward her without her running off like we are going to eat her right then.”
“Our golden laced Wyandotte just turned two and lays almost every day. She is the most friendly of our 12 - ordered two with my next batch because we love her so much.”
“Purchased as day old chicks and every one is thriving at 9wks. I have 10 hens and 2 roosters...my larger roo started crowing for the first time this morning.
Very calm and friendly birds and their beauty is unsurpassed.
Can't wait until they start laying...probably not until spring as they'll come of age in winter.”
