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    Show off your Delawares! *PIC HEAVY*

    Honestly, in my non-expert opinion his chest isn't all that bad either. I think we get caught up some times in pictures that show a bird in a certain pose and they they look that way all the time. I've seen my roosters chest look like the picture of of the SOP book and I've seen him look like...
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    Show off your Delawares! *PIC HEAVY*

    This to me is interesting. Since the Delaware's roots are in the broiler world you would think (generally) bigger is better. I wonder why the SOP chose the size it did. I do know that there's more to a good broiler then just size (ie how fast they grow and where that size is placed). K
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    Show off your Delawares! *PIC HEAVY*

    So going in another direction... I have 3 Delaware pullets and one of them, well I'm assuming it's only one, lays double yokers like they're going out of style. I've had the odd double yoker here and there through the years but never anything like this. I'm finding around 3 a week! Is...
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    Show off your Delawares! *PIC HEAVY*

    Well he's 17 weeks so he still might fill out a bit more, It does look like he still needs his feathers to fill in a bit more in the saddle. If it ever stops raining I'll go out and snap a few pictures. I have 3 pullets, none are great but they're what I have to work with. Plenty of black...
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    Show off your Delawares! *PIC HEAVY*

    So...How long does it typically take for Delaware cockerels to truly take on their mature shape? I know they grow faster then a lot of other breeds, I could see it quite plainly as I hatched some other breeds along with my Delawares. The reason I ask is the rooster I kept seems to really...
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    Show off your Delawares! *PIC HEAVY*

    Just imagine trying to explain to visitors that they're all really different breeds. Good luck! K
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    Show off your Delawares! *PIC HEAVY*

    I'm not expert in Coronation Sussex but from what I just found using google I'm going to say yes, you will probably want to keep them apart. My one question is why you didn't throw some Colombian Rocks in for good measure? K
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    Show off your Delawares! *PIC HEAVY*

    Their bodies types to my untrained eye look really good. I love how the tail sets, plus they look like bowling balls! Makes me very jealous. K
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    Show off your Delawares! *PIC HEAVY*

    I agree. The biggest thing I've been disappointed with my birds is the lack of a "bowl shaped" breast. My culls admittedly were probably butchered a to young (12/13 weeks) but they were pretty darn flat. Lots of dark meat though (which is my favorite)! The rooster I kept to breed is OK but...
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    Show off your Delawares! *PIC HEAVY*

    Oh no doubt, I agree with to 100%, I just didn't go into enough detail. I just wanted to point out that every breed can produce mean birds. My birds from from breeder stock so who knows how my Rooster is going to turn out. He's never come after me but he get a lot of curios looks from him...
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    Show off your Delawares! *PIC HEAVY*

    I think you also can't just say X breed is friendly, they might tend to be friendly but that doesn't mean they're all going to be that way. I've been trying to figure out my rooster, he's either curious or trying to size me up. I'm going to go with curious since he's only 3 months old. Then...
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    Show off your Delawares! *PIC HEAVY*

    That's what I see as well. I think I'm just going to have to deal with the tail. My pullets all have low tails. I only ended up with three girls (I had more cockerels but gave some away) so I really don't have much choice with them. They really don't look to bad though, one has green legs...
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    Show off your Delawares! *PIC HEAVY*

    So it's getting to be the time that I need to pick a Rooster. I've got 4 to pick from, 2 really seem to stand out but I'll let the better eyes have a whack at them. BTW, they're all 14 weeks old. I know this is just 3 but the 4th is inside, he's hasn't really worked up the courage to...
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    Show off your Delawares! *PIC HEAVY*

    FYI, the dead give away is the tail. Girls have a solid tail, boys have a barred tail. I know you got plenty of the "bad new", I thought I would pass on why they were so easy figure out. K
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    Show off your Delawares! *PIC HEAVY*

    I had one rooster that right from the get go liked to pick on other chickens and even me. I would reach down to refill their water and he would come running and peck me. It was kind of funny when he was really little but by week 7 it was annoying. He's at another home now. The others more...
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