delaware

This is my 15 week old Delaware Peckahontas. Isn’t that a sickle feather? No crowing but her comb & wattles are bigger than my other pullets (no other Delawares to compare to). And she/he is slightly larger than the other pullets I got at the same time.

Thought I'd make a thread on Delewares knowing there a great breed! So talk away my enthusiasts! Also, I would like to see pics and hear from people trying to breed the purebred Deleware. I know for me I just have hatchery quality. But still find them AMAZING birds :love Here is Little...

My rooster Iapetus was laying on the shelf under the perch this morning shaking like a leaf and unable to stand, he was on the opposite side of where he was sleeping last night. His symptoms: Full body shaking Weak legs he can't use them at all Louder breathing One eye has a little frothy foam...

So I'm looking for large meat delawares and it's been a sad search so far. I was excited to be planning a purchase from Claborn Farms but he emailed back to let me know he had lost his flock to illness. Totally heartbreaking, his lines showed his love of the breed and years of hard careful work...

Hey! My two year old Delaware hen has been laying extremely weird eggs lately. I have found smashed eggs in the coop with other eggs untouched that are in the same box. The egg shells are super thin and break almost upon contact. I always make sure they have oyster shells and they have feed...

hello! my two and a half year old bcm and delaware hens stopped laying recently. the bcm hasn’t been laying for a while but we didn’t realize that our delaware wasn’t laying until this week bc we had two other hens who layed similar eggs. the bcm i posted about previously and people told me she...

Hello, all! My family and I are new to chickens, and we're trying to figure out when to move them to the coop. We have three chickens that we got through a farm store, so while we know roughly how old they are, we don't know for sure. One (a Delaware) is quite large (possibly too large for the...

This is a crossbreed project inspired by the Delaware breed. The Delaware were created from white sports that resulted from mating a Barred Rock rooster to a New Hampshire hen. I crossed my Barred Rock roo with Dixie Rainbow, which look similar to New Hampshire but instead of 5 to 6 pounds...

I have total 26 - 10 week old chickens. I lost 2 early on unfortunately they were girls. I only wanted 2 roosters for my flock but the hatchery sent me the free chick...which i specifically said i didn't want. So i have 1 Black Australorp cockerel & 1 Delaware cockerel that seems to be doing...

Any pictures and stats, of the F1 cross, or first generation of the cross would be greatly appreciated. :wee Live and carscass :D

Tree beard happens to be the name of a Large white roo that was given to me over a year ago.... here he is with one of his Nn girlfriends fall of 17. We did a rough weight on him and at 14 pounds he weighs more than some of my turkeys! We hatched out a batch from him and his Nn girlfriends...

I have a young hen that I acquired from my daughter's school and was told she was an Easter Egger. She is growing steady and well but I am not seeing that thick feathery neck I associate with EEs. I believe she is around 18 weeks. I was thinking she looks like a Delaware or maybe Columbian Rock?

The "Barnie" is about 4 months old and I'm more sure it's female, but it sure doesn't look like a real Barnvelder. What is Phoenix? Rescued a Deleware from a feed store today... way overcrowded and just sad. Anyway, I asked him was he sure it's a hen and he said yes. In daylight (which the poor...

Hi all :) I'm trying to get a list together... If you know any good breeders, poultry farms, hatcheries physically located in these areas that are NPIP (or close to them), please add the info on this thread...

Hi everyone! I’ve been looking for a Delaware chicken, above 8 weeks old. I haven’t been able to find any, so I’m taking to the forum to look! If anyone knows of anywhere to get one in Connecticut or Massachusetts, please let me know! Maybe someone knows a breeder here on the forum?

I know that it takes crosses of Barred Plymouth Rock roosters on New Hampshire hens to get a true Delaware. Has anyone breed a Delaware with a Delaware, if so what did it look like?

This little one is about 15 weeks old & still has me guessing. What do you think?

Hi, my Delaware was sold to me as an 8-week old pullet. This would make her 16 weeks old now. Shes so much larger than the other pullets, even the buff Orpington of the same age. I've also seen her mount some of the other pullets. I'm wondering if she is a he??

Hi everyone, I am ashamed to admit that I bought "started pullets" from Murray McMurray hatchery. I did it because I wanted them to be approximately the same age as my other 5 chickens, who were going to be 18 weeks old when the new birds arrived. The started pullets were advertised as being...

Hi everyone, I am ashamed to admit that I bought "started pullets" from Murray McMurray hatchery. I did it because I wanted them to be approximately the same age as my other 5 chickens, who were going to be 18 weeks old when the new birds arrived. The started pullets were advertised as being...