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Quote: Hi JoAnn I have culled down to 10 - 2 males and 8 females. Next year I plan on hatching a lot and culling a lot. TNpoultrybreeder

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Hi walkswithdog You keep talking about how much better your Delawares are than my hatchery Delawares. If so please post pictures of them, the pictures you have posted in the past looked very poor in (TYPE & TAIL COLORING). Untill then I will ignore your advice. You are not much of a poultry...

Quote: Hi walkswithdog You say my delawares look small well the male you plan to use in the breeding pen is Gallant and at 19 weeks old https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=211486 he looks no larger or if as large as my 15 week old delaware male...

Quote: Hi joletbey Here is a link to a site that is all about the Delaware breed http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/delaware_chickens/ Here is a link to the Delaware Club of America http://www.delawareclub.org/...

Quote: Hi rustyswoman Thank you very much for the good words on my Delawares. The smuttiness is in the backs of my males. I choose for size & type over color and my larger males were the most smuttines. They are only 15 weeks old and have a lot of time to lose most of the smuttiness. I am very...

Hi walkswithdog You say my delawares look small well the male you plan to use in the breeding pen is Gallant and at 19 weeks old https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=211486 he looks no larger or if as large as my 15 week old delaware male. Here is...

Quote: Hi walkswithdog Here is a link to your 19 week old Delawares https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=211486 and they look far from 7 lbs. to me. The color of one in the tail is bad and the other has a bad comb. Culling is the name of the game and we all need to cull as...

Quote: Hi walkswithdogs I had better colored marking ones, but as a breeder you know you should choose size over color markings. They are 15 weeks old and far from there adult color markings. Delawares that are dark and with more smuttiness will lighten and lose alot of there smuttines as they...

Here are my Delawares from 4 days old to 15 weeks old. After culling over the last few weeks I have went from 26 to a total of 10 Delawares that will be in the breeding pens next spring (3 males & 7 females)...

Quote: Hi walkswithdog No I have not got the weights on my Delawares so far. I culled 5 more today ( 2 males for to light of color markings & 2 for to small of size ) ( 1 female for to small of size ). My Delawares are 15 weeks old now, do you know what they should weigh at this age. I plan...

Quote: Hi joletabey I got them from Meyer Hatchery. TNpoultrybreeder

Here is a picture of my Delawares at 15 weeks old. TNpoultrybreeder TNpoultrybreeder

Quote: Hi bawkbawkbawk My males combs was prominent at around 6 to 8 weeks of age. My females combs are still small at 14 weeks of age. Here is a link to pictures of my Delawares from week 1 to week 9. https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=214655...

Here are my Delawares at 14 weeks old. Today I culled " 8 " of my Delawares. Six ( 2 males & 4 females ) was culled for not having rich yellow legs as they should. Two ( 1 male & 1 female ) was culled for size, being to small for there age...