Breeding Delawares to the Standard of Perfection

[xoxocammyxoxo]

There is a thread on the recreated line by Kathyinmo - and yes they would be considered Delaware. 
They were created the same way as the original was in late 40S / early 50's.
No one seems to be able to keep the club going and I understand there is a Facebook club
but I don't do face book

Here is the re-created link

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/777172/delawares-from-kathyinmo

Thank you for that link. I will have to check it out when I'm off work. Does anyone have the link to the Facebook club

 

[xoxocammyxoxo]

Which heritage conservation program?  You should probably ask them if recreated birds would be counted.

With chickens, phenotype is often as important as genotype.

Genotype is the genetic makeup of the bird. Phenotype is what you see, when you look at the bird.

If a cross between a Barred Rock and a New Hampshire produces a bird that meets the SOP for the Delaware breed - that bird IS a Delaware. The SOP -the phenotype- defines whether or not the bird is a Delaware.

If you are going to be breeding Delawares, the genotype is important.
If you have multiple lines or breeds (a broad mixture of genes), your breeding results will vary widely. The results will be less offspring that are phenotypical Delawares.

Actually, even breeding poor quality Delawares can produce similar results. If the results don't meet the standard for the breed, then the offspring are not Delawares, no matter what you used to produce them.

So, the best way to produce true Delawares in the most consistent way, long term, would be to breed Delawares with phenotype and common genotype.

JMO ... Once the majority of the offspring that you are producing are close to the SOP for the Delaware breed, you can count yourself as a Delaware breeder.

The website is called Livestock Conservatory, I think... I did a Google search years ago for Delaware chickens and found it. I can pull it up and put a link up when I get off work later.

 

[LeslieDJoyce]

Thank you for that link. I will have to check it out when I'm off work. Does anyone have the link to the Facebook club

I posted a link to the facebook group recently, either in this thread or in the thread for people working on Kathy's birds. Probably in the past 10 pages ... Delaware Poultry Club United search would probably work ... On phone otherwise I'd repost ... sorry

 

[xoxocammyxoxo]

http://www.livestockconservancy.org That's the conservancy website I was talking about. Sitting on my tablet at work during my lunch hahah.

 

[capayvalleychick]

Thank you for that link. I will have to check it out when I'm off work. Does anyone have the link to the Facebook club

https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheDelawareClubofAmerica/

http://www.livestockconservancy.org That's the conservancy website I was talking about. Sitting on my tablet at work during my lunch hahah.

They sometimes do a count of breeds simply by polling their members or breed clubs. Nothing super official or even very accurate. They aren't going to question whether or not anyone has birds that are recreated.
I've been a member for over ten years.

 

[xoxocammyxoxo]

https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheDelawareClubofAmerica/

They sometimes do a count of breeds simply by polling their members or breed clubs. Nothing super official or even very accurate. They aren't going to question whether or not anyone has birds that are recreated.
I've been a member for over ten years.

Oh! Good to know. I thought about joining them back in 2010 before my life went upside down.

 

[caychris]

https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheDelawareClubofAmerica/

They sometimes do a count of breeds simply by polling their members or breed clubs. Nothing super official or even very accurate. They aren't going to question whether or not anyone has birds that are recreated.
I've been a member for over ten years.

And yet you are not listed in their breeder directory.

 

[capayvalleychick]

And yet you are not listed in their breeder directory.

That could be because I haven't paid my dues this year.

 

[xoxocammyxoxo]

That could be because I haven't paid my dues this year.

Is there a point to paying dues if you don't have livestock yet? I paid for my horse dues for 10 years before I actually started showing but there were newsletters and magazines.

 

[Zanna]

Is there a point to paying dues if you don't have livestock yet? I paid for my horse dues for 10 years before I actually started showing but there were newsletters and magazines.

You are supporting an organization that you believe in.