Delaware Hatch day is over...6 chics, Update with Pics!!!

[bulldog-girl]

Waaaaaay toooo cute!! Can you tell me about Delawares? Are they good layers? I wanna get more chickies.

Keep up with the pics, can't wait to see more of those little cutie fuzzy butts!

 

[Chix-in-GA]

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From my understanding they are really good layers. I think they were made to be a good dual purpose bird...Layer/meat bird.

They are good sized chickens with a broad thick body...Oh and they are, or were recently...well maybe still are on the endangered list! That was my reason for wanting these so bad...I really want to help bring one of the US Heritage birds back into the good.

Anyway, I am not the Delaware expert...Seriousbill and SpeckledHen
are the real Del experts...Hope this helps some.

 

[Bock_Bock]

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that really light pink egg is it a delawares egg or did you have a mix in there?

 

[seriousbill]

Yeah, Delawares are still on the ALBC's critical list. I don't think the ALBC is counting the hatchery version yet. Don't know if that will change--probably will in time.

Right now, I think the SPPA is counting the hatchery version. So, they took Delawares off their list (also because they changed their cutoff for "historic" to a slightly earlier date--probably because it helps them sidestep the whole hatchery bird issue

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The truth of the matter is that, as with the RIR, there are two different versions of the Delaware: the breeder version and the hatchery version. The breeder version is endangered; the hatchery version is thriving. Nearly every hatchery in the country sells "Delawares." So, I get kind of tickled when I see people on ebay or eggbid selling "rare, endangered" hatchery Dels

Finding actual, historic Delawares that can trace their ancestry back to George Ellis's birds in 1940 is very difficult today.

 

[Chix-in-GA]

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that really light pink egg is it a delawares egg or did you have a mix in there?

They are all Dels, not the hatchery variety either. They actually had a pretty good range in the color pallet from the light pinkish to a darker tan. But yup...all Dels.

 

[seriousbill]

Yep, here's a typical box o' Del eggs:

 

[Bock_Bock]

you can call them the brown easter eggers since their colors range so much lol

 

[Chix-in-GA]

Here is the Gang...

They are all happy and healthy!

Look at that face!

 

[CovenantCreek]

Who did you get your eggs from?

 

[skeeter9]

Way too cute!!! They are adorable! Congrats!!!!