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    Breeding Delawares to the Standard of Perfection

    Joined. Have been so looking forward to something like that!! Guess I'll have to get on FB as well.
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    Delawares from kathyinmo

    I don't have any of Kathy's line, but I did have one of my chicks this year come out almost looking like a Frizzle across the back and into the tail. After about a month it settled down and now you can't tell or see anything untoward at all.
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    BREEDING FOR PRODUCTION...EGGS AND OR MEAT.

    Totally agree. Our jars of canned goods are in totally in-closed cabinets in our pantry.I wish it stayed a little cooler in there, but it is what it is. Unfortunately our kids ( even though they are married and live on their on now ) and shelf space doesn't give us enough room to go much past a...
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    BREEDING FOR PRODUCTION...EGGS AND OR MEAT.

    Not sure how long it will last on the shelf. I know my grandmother would can stuff and it would sit on the shelf for years and years without any problems. We've canned chili before that was still good two years later .... or at least I lived through it. LOL. Our can chicken and stock we've held...
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    BREEDING FOR PRODUCTION...EGGS AND OR MEAT.

    I thought I had a typo in my post and you were poking me in the rib about it. I went back and checked, but no typo ... so, to can stock ... Like @dfr1973 mentioned your pressure canner should have instructions with times and everything but this is the way we do it. Take any discarded bones...
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    BREEDING FOR PRODUCTION...EGGS AND OR MEAT.

    Have no idea how to can stick, and don't believe anyone would want to. In my off subject rabbit post I did mention canning rabbit stock ....
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    Homesteaders

    Hi guys ... Can't be sure ... they look like muscadines but they sure are purple. Speaking of grapes, we had an old friend of the family come by last week to make sure we were picking our pears and gave us 1.25 gallons of muscadines. Wife and I made jelly with them, turned out great! The jelly...
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    BREEDING FOR PRODUCTION...EGGS AND OR MEAT.

    Rabbit interlude ... will never post about rabbits again if anyone doesn't want to hear about it ... Butchered 8 fryers yesterday that were about 12 wks old. Took about 2 hours to butcher and process. Ended up with roughly twenty-six pounds of meat soaking in the ice box and waiting to be...
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    BREEDING FOR PRODUCTION...EGGS AND OR MEAT.

    Hi guys. I have been lurking on this thread for some time now while I read it from start to finish. Finished up today ... whew!! I'm in SW Louisiana ... not far from you @JRNash . I am raising a small flock of Delawares, and will be replacing my old flock of rir, blue orp and black sexlink in...
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    Breeding Delawares to the Standard of Perfection

    I just started with chickens last year so I haven't got a ton of experience with any breed, but hopefully someone who's been raising Delawares or is in the know can clue us in. I'm not focusing just on weight and size ( although it may look like it judging from my previous posts ), I'm looking...
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    Breeding Delawares to the Standard of Perfection

    According to the standard .... Standard Weights: "Cock....8 1/2 lbs, Hen....6 1/2 lbs, cockerel.... 7 1/2 lbs, pullet.... 5 1/2 lbs" I got this from the Delaware Poultry Club standard's page. At what age should we see these weights?
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    run flooring

    Granny, Sorry I don't have any pics. I'll try to take some over the weekend though and post them. I just completed a new rabbit "barn" that also has my two chicken breeding pens. I ran the electricity for it last weekend and have ordered the rabbit nipples and am about to install a new...
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    run flooring

    Glad I could help GreenRunner. I haven't done much reading on what type of sand ... a quick search said that playground sand would be fine, but that it compacts a little more than most. I live in Louisiana and our parish ( county ) puts out piles of sand for sandbags. After using the sandbags...
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    Delawares from kathyinmo

    Leslie, Thanks so much for posting the pic and the video. As someone just starting with Delawares ( not Kathy's ) and chickens in general, pictures like these really help by giving me something to compare to. I really like that cockerel on the right it seems to have a good shape and has a...
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    run flooring

    Very nice Blooie. I'm starting a Delaware breeding program and I have my main coop and breeding pens, the only thing I'm missing is a growout area. We are considering a hoop coop for this. It can be moved around and taken down when finished. I like the idea of the landscape fabric!!
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