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    Delaware hen tail-feathers black vs. barred, how to get?

    Quote: Hi JoAnn I have culled down to 10 - 2 males and 8 females. Next year I plan on hatching a lot and culling a lot. TNpoultrybreeder
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    My Delawares at 15 weeks old

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    Here are my Delaware chicks from week 1 to week 15

    Hi walkswithdog You keep talking about how much better your Delawares are than my hatchery Delawares. If so please post pictures of them, the pictures you have posted in the past looked very poor in (TYPE & TAIL COLORING). Untill then I will ignore your advice. You are not much of a poultry...
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    Here are my Delaware chicks from week 1 to week 15

    Quote: Hi walkswithdog You say my delawares look small well the male you plan to use in the breeding pen is Gallant and at 19 weeks old https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=211486 he looks no larger or if as large as my 15 week old delaware male...
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    Here are my Delaware chicks from week 1 to week 15

    Quote: Hi joletbey Here is a link to a site that is all about the Delaware breed http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/delaware_chickens/ Here is a link to the Delaware Club of America http://www.delawareclub.org/...
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    Here are my Delaware chicks from week 1 to week 15

    Quote: Hi rustyswoman Thank you very much for the good words on my Delawares. The smuttiness is in the backs of my males. I choose for size & type over color and my larger males were the most smuttines. They are only 15 weeks old and have a lot of time to lose most of the smuttiness. I am very...
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    My Delawares at 15 weeks old

    Hi walkswithdog You say my delawares look small well the male you plan to use in the breeding pen is Gallant and at 19 weeks old https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=211486 he looks no larger or if as large as my 15 week old delaware male. Here is...
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    My Delawares at 15 weeks old

    Quote: Hi walkswithdog Here is a link to your 19 week old Delawares https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=211486 and they look far from 7 lbs. to me. The color of one in the tail is bad and the other has a bad comb. Culling is the name of the game and we all need to cull as...
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    Here are my Delaware chicks from week 1 to week 15

    Quote: Hi walkswithdogs I had better colored marking ones, but as a breeder you know you should choose size over color markings. They are 15 weeks old and far from there adult color markings. Delawares that are dark and with more smuttiness will lighten and lose alot of there smuttines as they...
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    Here are my Delaware chicks from week 1 to week 15

    Here are my Delawares from 4 days old to 15 weeks old. After culling over the last few weeks I have went from 26 to a total of 10 Delawares that will be in the breeding pens next spring (3 males & 7 females)...
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    My Delawares at 15 weeks old

    Quote: Hi walkswithdog No I have not got the weights on my Delawares so far. I culled 5 more today ( 2 males for to light of color markings & 2 for to small of size ) ( 1 female for to small of size ). My Delawares are 15 weeks old now, do you know what they should weigh at this age. I plan...
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    My Delawares at 15 weeks old

    Quote: Hi joletabey I got them from Meyer Hatchery. TNpoultrybreeder
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    My Delawares at 15 weeks old

    Here is a picture of my Delawares at 15 weeks old. TNpoultrybreeder TNpoultrybreeder
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    Here are my Delawares at 14 weeks old

    Quote: Hi bawkbawkbawk My males combs was prominent at around 6 to 8 weeks of age. My females combs are still small at 14 weeks of age. Here is a link to pictures of my Delawares from week 1 to week 9. https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=214655...
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    Here are my Delawares at 14 weeks old

    Here are my Delawares at 14 weeks old. Today I culled " 8 " of my Delawares. Six ( 2 males & 4 females ) was culled for not having rich yellow legs as they should. Two ( 1 male & 1 female ) was culled for size, being to small for there age...
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    Why the difference?

    Quote: Hi rancher hicks I got 26 Delaware chicks from Meyer Hatchery. They are 14 weeks old now and all had yellow legs for the first few weeks. Around 3 weeks old there legs turned to a dull yellow/green color. Then around 9 weeks old there legs turned back to yellow. From 9 weeks old till...
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    My Delawares at 3 months old

    Hi These are the first Delawares I have had and they are very tame. They will eat corn & grass right from my hand. I can pick up any of them very easy as they are allways around my feet. Some has said that the hatchery Delawares are not very nice but in my case the Delawares I have are from...
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    My Delawares at 3 months old

    Quote: Hi retiredwithchicks They are from Meyer Hatchery. TNpoultrybreeder
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    My Delawares at 3 months old

    Here are a few pictures of my Delawares at 3 months old. Yesterday was the first time I heard one of the males crow. TNpoultrybreeder...
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    Here are my Delaware chicks from week 1 to week 9 ( updated weekly )

    Quote: These are pictures out of my 1969 edition, if anyone out there has any editions of the 50's or 70's and would like to sell them let me know. You can PM me what you want for it. Thank You TNpoultrybreeder
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