Breeding Delawares to the Standard of Perfection

[finnfur]

Quote: The Cockerel becomes Cock by definition at one year . Same with Pullet/Hen.
A lot of breeds today are over standard.

 

[crazyhen]

At what age or wt. should a delawere be harvested for the freezer. I usually have kept them period but this yr. I will have some I know will not be what I want to breed.

 

[Jbizz]

I'm in the same boat brother, I have a pure roo, and want some blue ladies for him, he is a stud and knows how to be nice to his girls. I'm in Delaware and will Travel also, so if you find a source with enough to share I have 17 diff. Purebreeds I'll barter or trade with ya to sweeten the deal.
Thanks,
Jordan
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[Jbizz]

Lol let him roam the yard I have pure de.roo and his genes put of some amazing offspring. Let him hit a few different breeds and hatch them, you'll be amazed surprised and not dissapointed with what he produces. Big birds who lay big eggs and don't take no shiiiit from the others.good luck.

 

[finnfur]

At what age or wt. should a delawere be harvested for the freezer. I usually have kept them period but this yr. I will have some I know will not be what I want to breed.

In my opinion as soon as they become fry size- as you know young = tender

 

[LeslieDJoyce]

They're working on the Delaware Poultry Club United at the moment, and temporarily offering free membership.

http://www.delawarepoultryclubunited.com/

 

[finnfur]

They're working on the Delaware Poultry Club United at the moment, and temporarily offering free membership.

http://www.delawarepoultryclubunited.com/

All you Delaware fans need to join while its free.

 

[timbowsr]

Joined. Have been so looking forward to something like that!! Guess I'll have to get on FB as well.

 

[finnfur]

Joined. Have been so looking forward to something like that!! Guess I'll have to get on FB as well.

Yes drats! me too - Leslie , Zanna and Kim are going to be my Facebook support group

I hope.

 

[caychris]

So trying to cobble together everything Ive read so far on this breed im trying to get an idea of the weights(dressed and live() I should be expecting Male and Female and Point of lay for this breed

My experience so far with hatchery Del pullets is that they end up at POL between 24 and 26 weeks some might be early some later but as an average it seems reasonable for the breed.


I expect to process cockerels not selected for breeding at about 24 weeks. And pushing Maybes to 36 weeks.
What kind of weights should I expect by these ages.
Or to put it another way I hope to be able to process a dressed 4lb bird at 24 weeks what is this a reasonable expectation.

For layers I should expect 5 eggs a week on average to be considered good layers my current hatchery dels meet this condition none of my birds from Kathy's line even come close.