Silver Laced Wyandotte: Eggs, Weights, and Temperament
Sourced Silver Laced Wyandotte records for brown egg color, mature weights, rose comb, climate, APA class, heritage, and temperament.
Egg production estimates by source
Each egg is 20 eggs/year. Solid = published minimum; outline = rest of the range. Scale goes to 320.
Mature weights by source
Quick facts
| Attribute | Value | Source |
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| Eggs Per Year | 245 eggs/year |
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| Egg Color | brown |
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| Hen Weight Lb | 6.5 lb |
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| Rooster Weight Lb | 8.5 lb |
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| Comb Type | rose |
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| Temperament | docile |
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| Apa Class | American |
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| Breed Type | heritage |
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| Climate Tolerance | both climates |
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| Maturity Weeks | 20 weeks |
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Overview
The Silver Laced Wyandotte is a heritage American breed best known for its distinctive black-and-white laced plumage. Meyer Hatchery's product attributes record APA Class as American, and McMurray Hatchery's Heritage Breed field records yes (heritage). Together those two hatchery records support the displayed APA-class and breed-type fields at seller scope.
Egg records
Hoover's Hatchery's Silver Laced Wyandotte product attributes record Production as 245 Medium Cream Eggs/Year. McMurray's Silver Laced Wyandottes spec table records Egg Color as brown. Meyer Hatchery's product attributes independently list Egg Color as Brown. Those three records describe what each hatchery lists for this variety; they are not a promise for every hen in every flock. The page stores Hoover's single value as a numeric eggs-per-year figure and uses McMurray and Meyer's brown label as the canonical egg-color value.
The retained evidence supports the displayed egg-color value at seller scope. It does not establish a per-hen shell darkness claim, a seasonal variation pattern, or a comparative egg-color ranking among other breeds, so this profile makes none of those claims beyond what the categorical records assert.
Mature weight and laying maturity
McMurray's Mature Weight fields record 6.5 lbs for hens and 8.5 lbs for roosters. The page stores the typed values 6.5 and 8.5 and renders them in the chart and quick-facts table. The retained facts support only the listed sex-specific weights. They do not establish a body-size category, feed use, space requirement, growth rate, or carcass value; those subjects are deliberately absent rather than inferred from the numeric values.
McMurray's Silver Laced Wyandottes spec table records Weeks to Maturity as 20 weeks. The page stores the explicit 20-week value as the maturity fact and does not convert it into a month estimate, because doing so would add a calculation that the source did not publish. The retained facts support only the listed sex-specific weights and the maturity value.
Other sourced fields
McMurray's Silver Laced Wyandottes spec table records Comb Type as rose. Meyer Hatchery's product attributes independently list Comb Type as Rose. Hoover's Hatchery lists Comb Type as Rose Comb. All three records agree on rose comb. Hoover's Hatchery's product attributes also list Temperament as Docile, Calm, Easy Going. The canonical label stored on this page is docile (matching the first word of the temperament phrase).
Hoover's Hardiness field records Cold and Heat Hardy. The page stores the canonical label as both climates, matching the source's "Cold and Heat Hardy" description. McMurray's Heritage Breed field records yes (heritage). Those three records describe the displayed categorical fields at seller scope.
The retained evidence does not establish a per-bird personality, a handling-instruction set, or a flock-management recommendation, so those subjects are deliberately absent rather than inferred from the temperament or climate-tolerance words. The page does not turn "Cold and Heat Hardy" into seasonal care instructions or breed-standard recognition claims beyond what the categorical records assert.
Related published pages
Flock size calculator
Enter your household size and target egg output. The calculator returns the flock size and space you'll need based on the productivity tier you pick.
Hens needed: 2
(4 × 2 eggs/week / 5 eggs/hen/week, rounded up)
Coop space: 4 sq ft (2 sq ft/hen × 2 hens)
Run space: 20 sq ft (10 sq ft/hen × 2 hens)
These are minimums. Most backyard keepers give 1.5–2× this much space, especially for run area, to allow range rotation and reduce feather-picking behavior.
Where these numbers come from
- Low tier 3 eggs/hen/week — Egg Production: 150 – 280 eggs per year www.cacklehatchery.com
- Medium tier 5 eggs/hen/week — Egg Production: 200-280 eggs per year www.cacklehatchery.com
- High tier 6 eggs/hen/week — Cackle lists White Leghorns as producing large to extra-large white eggs, with an estimated 280–320 eggs per year. www.cacklehatchery.com
- Coop 2 sq ft + run 10 sq ft per large chicken (minimum) — A small bantam chicken needs a minimum of 1 square foot of indoor space and 4 square feet of outdoor space, while a large chicken needs a minimum of 2 square feet of indoor space and 10 square feet of outdoor space. extension.msstate.edu
Frequently asked questions
What annual egg estimate do the retained Wyandotte sources give?
Hoover's Hatchery's product attributes record Production as 245 Medium Cream Eggs/Year. This single range is the canonical egg-production record retained on this page.
What egg color do the retained Wyandotte records list?
McMurray Hatchery's Silver Laced Wyandottes spec table records Egg Color as brown. Meyer Hatchery's product attributes list Egg Color as Brown. The canonical label stored on this page is brown.
What mature weights do the retained Wyandotte sources list?
McMurray's Mature Weight fields record 6.5 lbs for hens and 8.5 lbs for roosters.
What comb type do the retained Wyandotte sources list?
McMurray's spec table records Comb Type as rose. Meyer Hatchery's product attributes list Comb Type as Rose. Hoover's Hatchery lists Comb Type as Rose Comb. All three records agree on rose comb.
What temperament does the retained Hoover's Hatchery Wyandotte record list?
Hoover's Hatchery's product attributes record Temperament as Docile, Calm, Easy Going. The canonical label stored on this page is docile.
What APA class, breed type, climate, and maturity do the retained Wyandotte sources list?
Meyer Hatchery's product attributes record APA Class as American. McMurray's Heritage Breed field records yes (heritage). Hoover's Hardiness field records Cold and Heat Hardy. McMurray's Weeks to Maturity field records 20. The page stores canonical values: American (APA class), heritage (breed type), both climates (climate tolerance), and 20 weeks (maturity).