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am i wrong in thinking the deleware is a cross between barred rock/new hampshire?
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am i wrong in thinking the deleware is a cross between barred rock/new hampshire?
No, you are not wrong.... but it's more than just a simple cross.
I happen to have a few pictures of such a cross.![]()
Sire: Barred Rock. Dams: New Hampshires = all barred F1s
When researching New Hampshires, I stumbled across the "fact" that years ago there was indeed a White New Hampshire.
At the time I wondered why it wouldn't be used to make a Delaware instead of the red New Hampshire ... it may have even mentioned the Delaware in the resource I was reading, but I can't remember. In fact, I think that's what it said ... that White New Hampshires crossed with Barred Rocks were used to make Delawares. It was not a sport ... or so the source claimed. It was an old publication online.
So that's my question ... why isn't the White New Hampshire being used in the re-creation of the Delaware that kathyinmo is working on. Why not recreate the White New Hampshire first, then go from there? Or maybe we could sign somebody else up for that project since kathyinmo's birds look great just as they are. Wow!
Where did you read you read that the White New Hampshire was used in creating the Delaware, do you have a link?
To my knowledge there were no "pure" White New Hampshire chickens in the U.S.
The reason Kathy is going through all this, to create a line of Delawares from scratch, is that there are so few truly good ones in existence today. To bring it back to its full glory, I do think it's sorely needed, and I'm happy she's taken on this monumental task. And, no bones about it, it is monumental to get them to the point where they are a shining example of the SOP, without red bleed-thru, and in numbers sufficient to help the breed make a true comeback.
It may be harder to create a white NH than recreate the Delaware from scratch
As a matter of fact, Doug Akers did hatch some Delawares in his F1 cross of a Barred Rock male x New Hampshire female. He hatched a couple female Dels. He gave me one of them. In talking with a few genetics experts, they each agreed that the Barred Rock must not have been "pure." Doug did say that he was unsure of the background on the Barred Rock he used, and he no longer has him.Or what if someone, after hatching out 300+ chicks, did get that elusive sport (Has this sport been documented?), and then made Delawares with it? .