Ahh wish I had room for that many pens and birds seems like a good place to get foundation stock. If I could I would get langshans and dark and buff brahmas.
There stock is better than many breeders out there. They bought most of their stock from elderly breeders who needed to downsize or get out of a certain breed altogether. They bought all of Richard Schock's old Minorca line. Also bought a whole bunch of his Langshans as well as Forrest Beauford's Langshans. The place could hold it's own APA show and not have a single bird marked as NSQ (not show quality) or disqualified.
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Doh! That's right! I mis-spoke when I said "big"re: the Dels. Sorry everybody; I was thinking in terms of shallow vs deep-bodied and had it in my head that they were okay type-wise.
Anyway, thanks for posting those Brahma pics, Mikarod. Very nice.
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Since less than 10% of hatched eggs from proven "Show Quality" stock end up as being "Show Quality" themselves, I would be VERY leery of any breeder/hatchery advertising otherwise.
You get what you pay for, & a breeder that specializes in only a couple breeds is MUCH more likely to have superior quality chooks than 1 who is selling many varieties.
You get what you pay for, & a breeder that specializes in only a couple breeds is MUCH more likely to have superior quality chooks than 1 who is selling many varieties.
It is *extremely* tough to find Delaware breeders, let alone anyone who ships high quality chicks... So to me it was worth a try. I'm in line for some hatching eggs this Spring, but of course there's no guarantee that any will hatch for me.
The rest of the chicks I ordered were just for vanity - decent quality birds and lots of color!
Blue, speckles, and silver pencils - should be lovely.