Delawares from kathyinmo

[Ms Jellybean]

PapaDel spent the night in the fluffy "Spur Removal Recovery Pen" last night to make sure his fresh naked spur stumps didn't get bumped & bleed. I put Gust out for a middle of the night pee (read as: chicken poo snack), and PapaDel was crowing non stop. He was NOT AMUSED by being separated from his harem. Such drama. He went back in with them first thing this AM.

I think animal drama is so funny. My GSD is a Drama Queen.

 

[LeslieDJoyce]

So I have a pullet I really like for some reasons, and not so much for other reasons. She is one of my larger pullets, and that's important as many of my pullets are small-ish. She has a bit of a breast ledge, and a barred frizzy tail. But I love her neck coloring and her head is a pleasant width. I'm not so sure about her back ...it looks kinda long, but her tail does lift and some of my birds have flat tails. Also, she has whiter body feathers than many of my pullets. I don't have tons of choices with the females, so she's on my list of potential breeders.

Is she worth a chance? Only one fuzzy photo to judge with and I had to whistle to get her to stop eating, which means it isn't a super pose.

 

[capayvalleychick]

So I have a pullet I really like for some reasons, and not so much for other reasons. She is one of my larger pullets, and that's important as many of my pullets are small-ish. She has a bit of a breast ledge, and a barred frizzy tail. But I love her neck coloring and her head is a pleasant width. I'm not so sure about her back ...it looks kinda long, but her tail does lift and some of my birds have flat tails. Also, she has whiter body feathers than many of my pullets. I don't have tons of choices with the females, so she's on my list of potential breeders.

Is she worth a chance? Only one fuzzy photo to judge with and I had to whistle to get her to stop eating, which means it isn't a super pose.

If she doesn't have any disqualifications, breed her and see what she produces.

 

[finnfur]

If she doesn't have any disqualifications, breed her and see what she produces.

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Leslie do you have them trained to pose when you whistle ?

 

[LeslieDJoyce]

Of course! Don't you have yours whistle trained?

 

[finnfur]

Of course! Don't you have yours whistle trained?

So your the chicken whistler.

No - Mine do the opposite of what ever I want.

Opened door of coop today and surprise - #52 pullet is sitting on the oyster shell cast iron tub - looked at me like "hey can't you see I'm busy , how does a girl get some privacy"
Tried to get my cell/camera out but she disgustingly jumped down , ran to the feeder , pecked a pellet and ran out the door to get some FF with the rest of the bunch.
At least I know which one it is LOL

 

[LeslieDJoyce]

You should explain to #52 the true purpose of that pot.


Full disclosure: if you whistle to get your chicken to pose, and after your chicken figures out it hasn't been eaten by a hawk, this will be your next photo ...

 

[finnfur]

You should explain to #52 the true purpose of that pot.

Full disclosure: if you whistle to get your chicken to pose, and after your chicken figures out it hasn't been eaten by a hawk, this will be your next photo ...

Thats the one to breed forward - the Hawk survivor

 

[LeslieDJoyce]

Thats the one to breed forward - the Hawk survivor

That would be all of them then. Unfortunately.

At any given time we have three pairs of hawks circling the poultry area ... the sound is pretty amazing. And the birds react to it pretty quick. Everybody stops in their tracks, and if PapaDel growls they all run for the coop. Clearly not ideal, but it is what it is. We'll be planting more fruit trees this winter.

 

[KittieChick]

He should have one blue egg shell gene. It is dominant so if that gene is inherited by the chick, the egg shell will be blue. He may have a white egg shell gene too and if that is inherited instead, the egg shell will be white with chicks from the Delaware and Austaralorp. The egg shell can still be blue if the EE Hen provides a blue gene though. The EE Hen might also have a white and blue egg shell gene though.

The Delaware and Australorp will have brown genes for the outer coating of the shell so most of those eggs will be a light green. The EE hen may have some brown coating genes too so it is hard to say what tint of egg she will have. Note: Green eggs come from a blue egg shell coated with brown. Egg shells are only white or blue)

You can get a lot more information by going to one of the EE threads.

Hi Ron, sorry to bother you again, well not really otherwise I wouldn't be bothering you!

My Delaware, Gold laced Wyandotte, Black Australorps are all laying various shades of brown eggs. The EE hen has a blue egg that is blue on the inside as well. I had thought that was limited to the true blue chickens not the mutts, but I'm thinking now it's a component of the blue gene.

Based on what you said about the rooster, and the fact that I'm not getting any green eggs, I'm assuming he is not successfully breeding the girls yet. Would that be a correct conclusion?