Delaware Chicken Questions

[puffypuff]

Here is the cockerel I told you about who was only 1/2 Delaware.

So beautiful!!! I love his patterns and his comb is so beautiful!

 

[speckledhen]

Thank you! Gabriel want to a new home in the spring. My friend in KY has his son out of a black hen, who looks much like Gabriel as well as Gabe's father, Isaac. Told ya that Delaware coloring really shines through! Good luck with your pullet.

 

[speckledhen]

The standard of Perfection narrows the large fowl breed by where it originated from (there are two exceptions to this rule). The Delaware come from America from the Java chicken. All or most American breeds have yellow legs and yellow skin. It's obvious that there's something else in your pullet here but it's unclear what. They often do crossbreds to create a better production rate.

Sorry, that is not correct -the Delaware came as a surprise "sport" from a Barred Rock rooster over a New Hampshire hen back in the 40's. The white bird was then propagated and we got our Delaware, which then became almost extinct when the Cornish X became the new preferred meat bird. The first American chicken breed was the Dominique.

Your statement whooshed right by me yesterday, being exhausted from a quickie coop build, or I'd have mentioned it then.