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Indeed! I have only a few heritage Delies now, not from this line, but I'm learning a lot about this breed and about breeding in general here. I can't believe there is so little information on this breed. These are such beautiful, friendly birds!Yes please talk , talk, talk. I have one roo and two hens i have saved from this line and will let them breed. I know I can never match the rest of you but this will be fun to learn and do.
All of my chicks, except the runt, had either dingy (green?) looking legs or pale yellow for a long time. At 14 weeks they have all yellowed nicely and the runt's orange-ish legs have toned down a bit.One of the pullets I had saved had the green tint to the legs earlier but does not now, so I'm not sure if everyone has had that same result or if I'm imagining things. Is that even possible?
Today I processed 4 cockerels. They are 18 weeks old tomorrow. I thought some would be interested in the results:
#1 5.75 lb. whole
3.5 lb. dressed
#2 4.5 lb. whole
2.5 lb dressed
#3 5.0 whole
3.1 dressed
#4 4.6 lb. whole
2.65 dressed
The dressed weight is lower than normal because I spatchcocked them. So they had no spine, tail, neck or giblets in the dressed weight. The two smallest ones were the smallest ones of the bunch. I keep the four best to grow out. They all had bright yellow legs and golden yellow skin making them much more colorful than Dels I had processed in the past. All in all, they make an appealing table bird.
Thanks - that gives me something to compare with when I do assessment at 18 weeks next week . Did you weight the keepers also ? We started spatchcocking on our last batchToday I processed 4 cockerels. They are 18 weeks old tomorrow. I thought some would be interested in the results:
#1 5.75 lb. whole
3.5 lb. dressed
#2 4.5 lb. whole
2.5 lb dressed
#3 5.0 whole
3.1 dressed
#4 4.6 lb. whole
2.65 dressed
The dressed weight is lower than normal because I spatchcocked them. So they had no spine, tail, neck or giblets in the dressed weight. The two smallest ones were the smallest ones of the bunch. I keep the four best to grow out. They all had bright yellow legs and golden yellow skin making them much more colorful than Dels I had processed in the past. All in all, they make an appealing table bird.
Sorry I was going to ask a question now I saw the answer.