Show off your Delawares! *PIC HEAVY* - Page 1173

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Originally Posted by kopeck 

So how about my new crew:

 

 

 

Some are already showing barring in the wings, they're only one and a half weeks old, obliviously this isn't one of them.  I've got one that wants to pick a fight with my hand when I go to pick them up, it's rather funny, lets hope he/she gets over that.

 

The black ones are barn yard mix mutts.  No trouble telling which are which!

 

Thanks to joletabey, the eggs made a long trek to get up here to Maine.

 

K

I've got some of those. I've got about a dozen that are a little over 2 weeks old from joletabey.  Can't wait to see how they look in a few months.

Does anyone need a Delaware Rooster or Austrolorp Rooster, 4 months old????

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Originally Posted by LaRaysChicks2 

Does anyone need a Delaware Rooster or Austrolorp Rooster, 4 months old????

Maybe Jeff does. Ask him ...... catdaddyfro here on BYC.

Thanks really need to find homes they are nice roosters I will update some pics tomorrow!

Quick question, how does the old tail feather trick work with sexing Delawares?  Of the 10 I have 8 are sporting tail feathers already.

I know I can wait another week or and wait to see who's back gets smudges on them.  The guessing game is always fun.

These guys do feather quickly!

K

The females have black on tips of tail, Roosters have barring some photos but remember Im no expert but I do know I have 3 Roosters, they crow, they fight lol!

Thanks but that's not really what I meant.

Generally females get their tail feathers first.  Kind of backwards to what you would think but it's one of those things that works sometimes.

I'm talking about 2 week olds here.  I've read that with Delawares you can feather sex around week 3, males with have a black smudge on their back.

K

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Originally Posted by kopeck 

Thanks but that's not really what I meant.

 

Generally females get their tail feathers first.  Kind of backwards to what you would think but it's one of those things that works sometimes.

 

I'm talking about 2 week olds here.  I've read that with Delawares you can feather sex around week 3, males with have a black smudge on their back.

 

K

I have hatched hundreds of Delawares. The black smudge means nothing, really. I also have not been able to feather sex them accurately. Not all breeds have the slow feathering gene that is required to accurately feather sex chicks. I don't think the Delawares do.

http://animalsciences.missouri.edu/reprod/ReproTech/Feathersex/sld001.htm

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oh, none of our females had black smudges on thier backs? all yellow.  I do know if you hold there wings out when young the males have on first 10 feathers two rows of feathers....will see a row close to top of wing then space with no feathers, then another row of feathers. Females have straight feathers no skipping and this is true we checked ours when we first got them and hoped it wasnt correct but..............if you google sexing of young chicks they have some clips on it and you can see what Im talking about, unfortunately I think they had to be very young to do this?  Still learning myself :)