is this delaware a rooster

[kristy6210]

Is this delaware a roaster or hen

 

[sourland]

How old is the bird?

 

[kristy6210]

5 weeks old

 

[LTAY1946]

Doesn't even look like a Delaware to me. By now mine had some black in the neck and tails.

 

[kristy6210]

it does have some black

 

[LTAY1946]

I think a pure Delaware would have more by now. This should be about 3 weeks old.

 

[ShrekDawg]

This bird is HUGE for five weeks… are you sure it’s not some sort of meat cross? I agree, it does not look like a Delaware.

 

[LTAY1946]

It has the double wide looking breast of a Cornish Cross.

 

[ShrekDawg]

It has the double wide looking breast of a Cornish Cross.

That’s what I was thinking.

 

[kristy6210]

some black