Consolidated Kansas

[justinwrites]

Thanks. Yeah I'm celebrating 91 degrees (not years lol). Never thought I'd do that. I think the wave may have broken for us finally.

 

[ByN8ureHomstead]

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Tarwaters in north Topeka is were I buy my feed. What part of town do you live in?

 

[justinwrites]

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Tarwaters in north Topeka is were I buy my feed. What part of town do you live in?

We're actually in Oskaloosa across from the nursing home. I'll have to check out Tarwaters. May I ask what their prices are like?

 

[chicken danz]

Went out and clicked a picture of my ducks in the stock tank. Now that they've discovered it they've spent the entire day around it. If you look very carefully there's a chicken sitting on the left side of the hill I built. He obviously likes the tank too.

 

[chicken danz]

Welcome justinwrites. I don't know of anyone off hand that has delawares. I do have light brahmas which are colored the same. Just a much bigger bird.

 

[Tommie D]

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Welcome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm not sure about here in Kansas but their are a few breeders in Missouri. Here is a list of them from the Delaware Poultry Club. http://www.delawarepoultryclub.org/breeder_directory.html

 

[Ivywoods]

Hello Justinwrites and

We were just in Oskaloosa today. We had the day off together and decided to drive down to the fair, what little was still going on. We had an enjoyable, relaxing day. Sorry I can't answer your question about feed. I usually end up driving to Falls City, NE for my feed.

I've got a number of different breeds I will be thinning down soon, but no delawares.

 

[callducklover20]

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Your cheapest place will be Valley feed In Bonner springs KS

 

[justinwrites]

Thanks all for the welcome!

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Bigger? Might be my new favorite word in the poultry world. What's their growth rate like? Is it similar to New Hampshire reds? Are any of the birds, aside from CXs, really noticeably faster or more efficient at growing meat? My NH Reds and Barred Rocks are still kind of smallish at 15 weeks which sounds pretty normal. I'm gonna have to sneak up on my red roo one night and stick him on a scale

I guess what I'm really after is a good breed that will meat up well and semi-efficiently and maintain its ability to breed. I have a growing desire not to become dependent CXs for my meat birds. We were sort of leaning toward heritage American breeds but frankly I don't know enough yet to say why. I'm like the rookie in the gear shop, I think everything looks cool and don't know why! But feel free to me all about what I don't know

 

[sharol]

justinwrites,

I have a couple of hatchery Dels and they are the only hens that are reliably laying in this heat. My EE is still laying a few a week as is the Campine, but the Dels lay every day. A couple of days ago, Lucy was in the nestbox at 4 when it was 112 laying her daily egg. She got watermelon when she was done. They are the friendliest (is that a word?) of my mixed laying flock. No roo, so no hatching eggs. They are looking pretty rough right now -- the heat is getting to all of us. Angel (the other Del) will jump up on my lap any time I sit down anywhere near her. They are pretty good sized, but I don't know about whether they would be good meat birds or not since I haven't looked at them for that and I don't really have any basis of comparison.