Try this spelling:

Wyandotte

And this Ameraucana. You most likely have easter eggers which are a crossbreed carrying the O gene for blue egg shell color; crossed with brown egg breeeds the eggs will appear green. Corn will not affect egg shell color , it may turn legs and feathers a bit yellow and will add a nicely orange color to the egg yolks. Size of egg is dependant on a couple things, breed and age can influence size. A green egg is actually a blue shell with brown pigment(ooporphryn) on the exterior. Brown shells are white with the same coating. Break an egg and peel off the membrane from the inside of shell, this will show you the true shell color.

Got a really good giggle out of Wine And Dot chickens...I'll never call my Wyandottes any else now. :)

Try feathersite.com for tons of chicken pics and info, seperated by breed. Wyandottes are a breed developed in America and there are several color variations such as Silver Laced Wyandottes, Golden Laced, Pencilled, etc. They are commonly abbreviated, so when you see SLW it stands for Silver Laced Wyandotte. They are lovely birds but some people have found individuals aggressive. I've had two SLW hens, one was a sweetie (but was also Head Hen in the flock) and the other we named Violet, quickly changed to Violent Violet because of her love of sneaking up on flockmates and starting fights (most of which she loses). Both of my SLWs laid largeish very light brown eggs, nearly white.

The chickens known as Americaunas are commonly called by various names as it is confusing to people--Easter Eggers, Americanas, etc. Some people call these birds Araucaunas, which is technically not correct--true Araucaunas are a rare South American breed with HUGE facial 'wings' (tufts) and are rumpless (no tails). Americaunas lay the colored (green, blue or pink) eggs, but have tails and small facial tufts, and some in a variety of colors. I have six or seven Americaunas running around the yard now, and they are all very sweet and friendly. The eggs I get from these girls range from bright Robin's Egg blue to light blue, to blue-green, to green, to brownish-green, to pinkish-brown. Because of their sweet attitudes they can be bullied by more aggresive breeds such as Rhode Island Reds (RIRs) or Wyandottes, you'll have to keep an eye on them.

If your birds are young adults and also in a new home already populated by territorial adult birds, it wouldn't surprise me if they are unwilling to roost in the coop with the established flock. Keep encouraging them to go to the coop at dusk and they'll get the hang of it, especially if you are there to stop any bullying and make sure that there is roost space for all without overcrowding.

You can also read more (and see pics) about my flock and get more chicken info on my website, here:

http://home.earthlink.net/~velvetsparrow/VSChick.htm

Good luck with your chickens and enjoy them! :)

Velvet ~:>

Araucanas are actually an American creation, with a standars and designated color vaRIETIES, using a couple of South American breeds in their make up; Ameraucana is also an American creation, with standardized color varieties, which should lay a blue egg, some do lay green, they are NOT tufted but they do have beard/muffs. Both breeds come in bantam and large fowl. The easter eggers have no standard as do the other 2 breeds, thay are just mongrel chickens and can have breed characteristics of several breeds. There is so much confusion between these 2 breeds and the mixed heritage easter eggers, I doubt it will ever become clear to some!

Thanks everyone.

The original owner of these new acquisitions had some bantam amauracan types as well, which I grabbed a few eggs from while departing.

They were small and greenish. Last night I looked at the first egg by the black amaraucan and would descibe it as large with a charcoal mauve color and fairly thick shell.
Both are large size, hawkish looking birds. The brown one is molting but the black one has pretty green and blue highlights in its black feathers.

There seems to be alot of heavyhandedness from the original birds and we are making sure that all come out and get fed. My wife put a little barrier in the pen between the new and the old occupants now.

My daughter's 3 pretty wyandottes are named cabernet, merlot and syrah.