Wyandotte Club of Queensland

18/09/2026

Are you trying to source ‘show quality’ eggs with no luck? Here is why 👇

- At this time of year, most show breeders have already sold off their excess birds and are starting to mate up their breeding pens.
- They will then hatch out everything that they need to grow on for their show team next year. The majority of breeders will grow everything on for Atleast 6 months before they will have anything available.
- Most exhibitors will want to hatch everything just incase the next egg is the champion. Breeders set a large number of eggs in-order to get that 1 or 2 that make the grade. You are buying someone’s hard work and years of selective mating, so don’t be surprised if they say no.
- Many breeders have been burnt by people claiming low fertility or broken eggs on arrival. You can only go through this so many times before it is easier to just say no.

So what can I do?
Wait to see if you can buy someone’s breeders at the end of the breeding season. By buying c***s and hens, you know the bird was good enough to retain for breeding. If you buy c**kerels and Pullets, the breeder had better birds.

But there are no local breeders of the birds I want!?
There are plenty of poultry transporters that can transport birds for you. Yes it may be more expensive in the short run, but it is far more economical buying the birds you want than gambling on eggs.

If you still want eggs, follow these few steps:
- Always ensure that they have multiple photos and the photos are similar
- Opt for pickup as there will be a greater chance of viability and less chance of being scammed
- Only pay as much as you would be willing to lose. You may potentially get nothing from the eggs or worse …. All c**kerels.
- Just remember that the price of eggs should be calculated at 12 eggs equals the same price as 1 POL Pullet.

20/08/2026

Fertility in Wyandotte Males? It's all about the Rosecomb!

This may be the time of year when some breeders are finding the fertility in their breeding males are not what they would like it to be. This can be a challenge in rosecomb breeds.

Most rosecombed breeds have a genetic difference that creates the modified comb. A large section of chromosome 7 is inverted resulting in some genes being in a new location. They are then turned on and off at different times to normal. This results in the changed development of the comb, and also a change in the fertility of the males. Their s***m have reduced motility. That means that they do not move as well as s***m produced by non-rosecomb males. These s***m are less likely to make it up the reproductive tract of the females and fertilise the eggs and they are not going to survive as long. This makes fertility rates a real challenge.

Note that a male that looks rosecomb but is silently carrying single comb does not have this same problem. The issues occur in R1/R1 males, and are much less obvious in R1/r males. This is the reason some breeders keep single comb in their flock although it can be very inconvenient in other ways.

You cannot fix or even improve this R1/R1 motility problem. It is built-in. All you can do is minimise any other challenges to fertility and give them the best chance possible. Some things to try:

1. Reduce the breeding pen size: 3-5 hens maximum per breeding pen.

2. Keep him cool - heat stress can affect fertility. Ensure he has shade, cool water etc.

3. Have him on a complete and excellent diet - you don't want deficiencies having an adverse effect.

4. Maintain ideal body condition.

5. Eliminate competing roosters.

6. Give an avian vitamin E/Selenium supplement if deficient. It may protect s***m from oxidative damage although won't fix R1.

7. Keep him bright and active - review breeding pen dimensions to ensure plenty of room to move.

8. If using pen rotations for him, keep times short as s***m has a maximum life of only 5 days and probably shorter.

9. Trim fluff around the rear of both males and females to make sure appropriate contact is made.

10. You may have better results with a c**kerel earlier in the breeding season. Many breeders report the c**k birds improving their fertility later in the breeding season.

11/07/2026

We’d love your Feedback
- 2027 Judges Nominations
- 2026 Feedback on the Show

🐓 Please have your say 🐓

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11/07/2026

We have had a lot of feedback from people that would like the All Breeds Junior Show to run again next year. It requires some financial support to make that happen. If you would like to help, please donate even a small amount to our Gofundme so that we can invite juniors to the show once again. Here is our link:
https://gofund.me/b3805a2a2

08/07/2026

On the weekend the Wyandotte Club of Qld held it's Annual Show, but it also hosted the Qld All Breeds Junior Show for 2026. That junior show attracted a huge number of exhibitors and entries showing how much it was appreciated by the exhibition community. This show was only possible due to our donors. Clubs, organisations, businesses and individuals put their hands in their pockets and made donations so that this show could be run with free entries and awesome prizes. We would like to invite those donors to share this badge to their social media accounts as a thank you from us and from the exhibition community who benefited from their donation. Please free to copy and paste, or share, as suits your purpose. Thank you all!

06/07/2026

Four more photos of young people enjoying the All Breed Junior Show on the weekend.

06/07/2026

Some photos from the Junior Show. I'm not putting names up for security reasons unless I know parents are ok with it. If I know you don't want a photo posted it won't be there. You can message me about it. If you'd like a name added, or a photo removed, please also message. This is not all of them - there are more coming. Here we go - some of our amazing juniors!

06/07/2026

Bantams from the 2026 Annual Show at Gatton - Wyandotte Club of Queensland.

05/07/2026

Presentation yesterday at the Wyandotte Club of Queensland's Annual Show and the All Breeds Junior Show. These are just quick and dirty happy snaps to celebrate the moments. Congratulations all!

05/07/2026