HATCHERY Delawares...

[ranchhand]

Coming from Cyn? I wouldn't worry about it. Unless you do something dumb with them, in which case you'd best

in a very deep hole.!

She has super quality birds and can really tell you the best ways to raise them.

 

[PepsNick]

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Oh yes, don't I know it! On Sdwd, she posts great pics and stories, I just love talking to her about her flock! I can't keep up with all of her birds though, so we are talking about making a chart for dumb old me, LOL. But any chicken can get Marek's, and I really don't want to have that risk in my new coop. The goal is 100% disease free, hopefully!

 

[Cowgirl71]

I've wondered and wondered WHAT could SDWD possibly stand for?!

I couldn't figure it out... Now I know. Thanks.

 

[kathyinmo]

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It's a thread for some Delaware-loving friends in the random rablings section. I shouldn't tell you what it stands for, on the thread everyone says to let the other people figure it out, but .................................

Now we know not to tell you anything.

In answer to your question .....

Nick, my friend, this actually is covered in Show Off Your Delawares, although you will have to read the whole thing to get the info. hehehe​

 

[deineria]

My two do not even look like Dels - they have almost no black markings - they are about 3 now - but they look nothing like what I'd hoped for. I've got some chicks ordered from a breeder whos
whole flock came from Sandhill Preservation Ctr and are lovely.

Here are my two hatchery Dels - I think they were McMurray

one is there on the left

 

[PepsNick]

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What are their personalities like?

And Kathy, hey... mind you that Beth has the definition in her signature!

 

[kathyinmo]

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Of course she does! She is our Delaware leader!

That IS the answer, after all...... Use search button, find Beth's post with instructions to see her signature.

 

[PepsNick]

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Of course she does! She is our Delaware leader!

That IS the answer, after all...... Use search button, find Beth's post with instructions to see her signature.

All hail Beth the great!

 

[speckledhen]

Hopefully, McMurray has switched up their breeding with the Dels since I had mine a few years ago. My friend, Kate, had a McMurray pair. She gave me hatching eggs from them. When they were a few weeks old, I sold them, male and female, because they were aggressive and flighty. Then she ended up culling both the hen and the rooster for aggression. That's why seriousbill had to convince me to hatch some from her stock, promising these would be very different. Of course, they were like a completely different breed, what a Delaware should be. That was about three years ago, so they probably aren't breeding that same aggressive strain now.

 

[PepsNick]

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Thanks for the advice.