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  1. Noelygfan

    Delawares

    I thought it was maybe from the moon and he was a young guy. He HAS chosen his roosting spot in the coop right along the window, so he can see what's going on outside. Perhaps I'll go out with the dog and investigate, we have had a lot of issues with raccoons breaking into the cats' food in...
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    Delawares

    Thank you all so much for your help! He is still around and becoming more used to us and more personable. It seems like some of his neck feathers are getting darker, and he's much more smooth with the ladies. I still have hopes his "owners" will come and take him back, especially since he's...
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    Delawares

    I am not sure this guy is even a year old, as he was just deposited here. He is getting black speckles around his shoulder/neck area. He's got bars on his tail feathers. I am certain he's a run-of-the-mill rooster, and I am still hoping his owner will reclaim him. He's nice for a rooster, but...
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    Delawares

    He's definitely a boy. Full on crowing, and trying to jump the ladies. He's rather fond of one of my Delawares. She wants nothing tò do with him. It hasn't stopped him from trying. He definitely hasn't got his moves down to attract the ladies.
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    Delawares

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    Delawares

    Thank you. He's getting some faint, black speckles around his neck area. So you think he's young too? He is A LOT bigger than my 1-year-old Delaware hens. Could he be a Brahama? Or a light Sussex? Some of his dark tail feathers are somewhat iridescent. If he is truly young, it is more...
  7. Noelygfan

    Delawares

    Ok....so we've only ever had hens (at least for me as an adult). Today, either a rooster wandered into our yard or someone left him. No one seems to be missing him, I've called around. So far he seems nice. We have Delaware hens....is he a Delaware rooster? The local humane society has...
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    One hen died, another seems close behind

    Thank you so much for the ideas. She did expire over night. Everyone else seems happy and healthy, except for one hen that has become extremely broody, but not laid an egg. I had the same issues with this breed last year (I thought they were RIR, but I think they are Red Wyandottes). I...
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    One hen died, another seems close behind

    We lost a hen yesterday, she had been acting a bit funny since we returned from a vacation about one week ago. Yesterday, she wouldn't move,eat or anything once she was out of the coop. (We free range/ pasture raise). Today, everyone seemed happy and healthy. My daughter noticed another hen...
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    Importation of Hatching Eggs: USDA

    Wow! This is crazy, but I understand why it is all done. I was hoping to possibly get some hatching Appenzeller Spitzhauben eggs when we go to Switzerland, but it seems like that is a pipe dream. Even if I was able to find a LEGAL way to make all of it work, how do they even stay viable on...
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    Six Mobths old and no one is "screaming" roo

    Thanks everyone! I am dumbfounded how this happened. Secretly I was hoping for one boy, we had all girls (gifted to us as adults) before this. I guess we are meant only for girls! Thanks again!
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    Six Mobths old and no one is "screaming" roo

    Ruh oh! I have to tell my husband he's right!
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    Six Mobths old and no one is "screaming" roo

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    Six Mobths old and no one is "screaming" roo

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    Six Mobths old and no one is "screaming" roo

    Being shy
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    Six Mobths old and no one is "screaming" roo

    I'll have photos in a bit. I have four 6-month-old Sussex Speckled, and four 6-month-old Delawares. They were purchased from a feed mill, there was no guarantee on gender. None of them looks definitively like a male. Is it too soon? My husband is convinced that we have all females, I...
  17. Noelygfan

    Delawares

    My Dels have grown out of their love of being picked up. They free range with the rest of the flock. They still let us pet them from time to time. They let us feed them from our hands, and the other day I went to the feed barrel, when I bent down to get food, one perched on my back. I didn't...
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    The Great Big Homemade Chicken Feed Recipe Sharing Thread

    About how many pounds of feed do the recipes end up making? I would love to feed organic, but with 20 laying hens, anywhere I look is too expensive to keep up with my wishes.
  19. Noelygfan

    Delawares

    These sweeties are about 13 weeks old. I only have 4 Delawares. I think three are hens, and one is a roo. The three are super sweet, and the one is somewhat skittish. I think the first one is the roo. Please ignore the SS...unless you can sex it. I wasn't able to get all of the...
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    Flock Integration and space...how old is old enough?

    Tried to upload this one with the last post. They love just hanging out and eating bugs.
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