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    Breeding Delawares to the Standard of Perfection

    American Standard of Perfection!
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    Breeding Delawares to the Standard of Perfection

    We band and toe punch. The banding is for NPIP testing and we weigh our birds every 2 weeks from 6 wk to 20 to track weight gain. A big problem for the Delaware has been being at full weight by 12-14 wks as they were back in the 1950's.
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    Breeding Delawares to the Standard of Perfection

    I thought the Modesto show was last weekend?
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    Breeding Delawares to the Standard of Perfection

    I am following all the posts and am amazed at the great discussion going on! Thank you everyone for sharing their experiences! We are set to have our first hatch (F1) this Sunday (Jan 25). We are very excited! From our training through Sustainable Poultry Network and judge Jim Adkins, always...
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    California - Northern

    I would love to see your place!
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    Breeding Delawares to the Standard of Perfection

    Hi all! So glad I found this group to join! My husband and I got our first chicks at the end of this March - 105 straight run of Delawares from a Sustainable Poultry Network breeder in North Carolina. We are part of a network that is committed to bring Heritage birds back to the SOP. We are very...
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    California - Northern

    We live in Grass Valley, about 50 miles north east of Sacramento. I always thought of the Bay Area in Northern CA and central was Monteray, Salinas, Bakersfield, etc. Hope to get lots of good info here!
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    Christmas 2014 Hatch-a-Long (12-25-14)

    Good luck -won't that be a great Christmas present for everyone!
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    December Hatch-A-Long 2014

    Glad to see someone else is doing the same thing! We are going to do our first ever incubation in about 10 days - 150 Delaware chicks for an order! Yikes!! Hope all goes well and our hens and rooster did their job!
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    Dawnridge Farm - raising Heritage Delaware Poultry

    Thank you!
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    Dawnridge Farm - raising Heritage Delaware Poultry

    Hi all! We are breeding the wonderful Delaware chicken! It is one of the "critical" breeds on the Livestock Conservancy list. We are working towards getting the bird back to what is was intended for - being at adult weight at 12-14 weeks for butchering and being a good brown egg layer. Please...
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