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[cubalaya]

i have these and only one can stay as a breeder, one has yellower legs and the barring is darker, the other is more bowl shaped and bigger. which one?

pullet?

 

[fowlman01]

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I would go with the bowl shaped bird.

Walt

 

[jeremy]

I think better pictures of the boys could help you get more of a response.

Also, I'd go with whichever one doesn't have green sheen in his tail feathers.

 

[cubalaya]

okay i was leaning towards that one(bowl shaped) but will post a better pic later. what about the other? could she be a pullet? barring on tail feather = male but not much of a comb and acts like a pullet.

 

[Urbanfarmerkc]

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This is a good question. I have the hardest time picking out Delaware roosters from pullets. I pick some I could swear are pullets that turn into roosters as the months drag on. It'd be easier to cull them at 3 months old v/s older. A lot cheaper also!

Dave

 

[catdaddyfro]

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Hi guys havn't posted on here in awhile been too busy this spring/summer gardening and chickening, but been lurking and trying to keep up with all that is posted, been following the leg color topic closely here lately and learning some from it good and not so good.

cubalaya; not trying to bust any bubbles here, but from my experiences (personal and studying) on the pic you posted in ques. whether if a pullet or no, usually the cockerels are marked more like the one in you pic. and pullets have more white overall with the tail darkening up later on. Time will tell

On the yellow in the leg color, diet does have a whole lot to do with how much the legs show yellow color. This is a very deep subject but if you want your birds to have the yellow/orange legs (of course they have to have the yellow leg characteristic for it to work), you will have to feed them a diet high in plant substanance that have the carotenoid (xanthophyll) in them such as corn, alfalfa, kale, any or the cole or greens family, sweet potatoes, carrots, marigolds the list goes on and on google carotenoid xanthophyll youll get an idea. As far as the green legs cropping out it is just one of those things that jumps up and bites you in the rear from time to time esp. in the Delaware breed, it seems. Just like the rust/brassines showing up in the males usually a sign of outcrossing somewhere down the line IDK. I have 2 Delaware males that I was not impressed with when I first recieved them 1 1/2 years ago but have had numerous chicks hatched from them most are mixed breeds but they throw the yellow legs and deffinately put the dell marks on them for sure so just like bt2000 has stated the best way to see what you have is by breeding and hatching to see what they throw it is hard to look at the outside and see whats on the inside most of the time.

The feed you buy now days has a high percentage of soy meal in it for the plant protien that is listed on your feed ingreident list, because it is a good (cheaper) source of plant protien (48%) the feeds higher in corn and alfalfa for their plant protiens would be more apt to make the legs more yellow on the birds but soy meal is cheaper to put in the feed for the millers so therefore thats what you get esp. since 33% of the nations corn is going into ethanol production to help keep the earth green or whatever. I like it because I'm a mechanic and its gonna up my business fixing the crop outs that ethanol does to the vehicles so I can afford to buy more chciken feed, so on and so forth.

not that saying feeding soy is all that bad I use it on my young roosters to grow them out faster for butchering, it does good but they don't have that nice yellow color in the fat or skin that looks like it makes them taste better or such, but it gets them grown out and in the freezer quicker and their heads out of the feed troughs sooner....

So you might do a study up on your feed ration to see exactly what your feeding them (if you really want to know) or you can always go to a mill and have it custom mixed for you ( but usually not very feasable unless your buying it in bulk rates anyhow), so your kinda darn if you do darn if you don't.


Edit to add Heck I just noticed that I recieved a friend badge this month (goes to show how much I pay attention, huh?) I would like to thank everyone that voted for me to recieve such and honor here on the BYC I am humbled and feel privilaged,

anyway till later on bye,

Jeff

 

[fowlman01]

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Hi guys havn't posted on here in awhile been too busy this spring/summer gardening and chickening, but been lurking and trying to keep up with all that is posted, been following the leg color topic closely here lately and learning some from it good and not so good.

cubalaya; not trying to bust any bubbles here, but from my experiences (personal and studying) on the pic you posted in ques. whether if a pullet or no, usually the cockerels are marked more like the one in you pic. and pullets have more white overall with the tail darkening up later on. Time will tell

On the yellow in the leg color, diet does have a whole lot to do with how much the legs show yellow color. This is a very deep subject but if you want your birds to have the yellow/orange legs (of course they have to have the yellow leg characteristic for it to work), you will have to feed them a diet high in plant substanance that have the carotenoid (xanthophyll) in them such as corn, alfalfa, kale, any or the cole or greens family, sweet potatoes, carrots, marigolds the list goes on and on google carotenoid xanthophyll youll get an idea. As far as the green legs cropping out it is just one of those things that jumps up and bites you in the rear from time to time esp. in the Delaware breed, it seems. Just like the rust/brassines showing up in the males usually a sign of outcrossing somewhere down the line IDK. I have 2 Delaware males that I was not impressed with when I first recieved them 1 1/2 years ago but have had numerous chicks hatched from them most are mixed breeds but they throw the yellow legs and deffinately put the dell marks on them for sure so just like bt2000 has stated the best way to see what you have is by breeding and hatching to see what they throw it is hard to look at the outside and see whats on the inside most of the time.


Edit to add Heck I just noticed that I recieved a friend badge this month (goes to show how much I pay attention, huh?) I would like to thank everyone that voted for me to recieve such and honor here on the BYC I am humbled and feel privilaged,

anyway till later on bye,

Jeff

I am not sure that brassiness is a sign of outcrossing, but it is a sign of recessive white. Birds with dominate white don't get brassy. I can keep my white Leghorn in full sun 24/7 and they will never get brassy. not so with my white Rocks.

Walt

 

[catdaddyfro]

Quote:
Hi guys havn't posted on here in awhile been too busy this spring/summer gardening and chickening, but been lurking and trying to keep up with all that is posted, been following the leg color topic closely here lately and learning some from it good and not so good.

cubalaya; not trying to bust any bubbles here, but from my experiences (personal and studying) on the pic you posted in ques. whether if a pullet or no, usually the cockerels are marked more like the one in you pic. and pullets have more white overall with the tail darkening up later on. Time will tell

On the yellow in the leg color, diet does have a whole lot to do with how much the legs show yellow color. This is a very deep subject but if you want your birds to have the yellow/orange legs (of course they have to have the yellow leg characteristic for it to work), you will have to feed them a diet high in plant substanance that have the carotenoid (xanthophyll) in them such as corn, alfalfa, kale, any or the cole or greens family, sweet potatoes, carrots, marigolds the list goes on and on google carotenoid xanthophyll youll get an idea. As far as the green legs cropping out it is just one of those things that jumps up and bites you in the rear from time to time esp. in the Delaware breed, it seems. Just like the rust/brassines showing up in the males usually a sign of outcrossing somewhere down the line IDK. I have 2 Delaware males that I was not impressed with when I first recieved them 1 1/2 years ago but have had numerous chicks hatched from them most are mixed breeds but they throw the yellow legs and deffinately put the dell marks on them for sure so just like bt2000 has stated the best way to see what you have is by breeding and hatching to see what they throw it is hard to look at the outside and see whats on the inside most of the time.


Edit to add Heck I just noticed that I recieved a friend badge this month (goes to show how much I pay attention, huh?) I would like to thank everyone that voted for me to recieve such and honor here on the BYC I am humbled and feel privilaged,

anyway till later on bye,

Jeff

I am not sure that brassiness is a sign of outcrossing, but it is a sign of recessive white. Birds with dominate white don't get brassy. I can keep my white Leghorn in full sun 24/7 and they will never get brassy. not so with my white Rocks.

White

Thanks for posting that Walt I just learned something else from that post I had missed your post earlier because I was back adding to my previous post. Thanks for the heads up on the brassines being a sign of ressesive white, will chalk it down in the ol' memory there, it works better for me than this fandangled contraption does, I know I can store it on here but getting back to it is my delimma, you wouldn't believe how many times I have to get my passwords on other stuff changed because I can't remember what I used, so I just try to remember one thing at a time instead of two

thats why I have to go back and edit so often as I can't get it all called up at once or there would be mass confusion about.

Jeff

 

[NYRIR]

Hi...I just found this thread in searching for APA standards on Delawares. Can anyone direct me to where I could find this out? I just purchased 14 of them from a hatchery (I know...they'll be far off!)but I want to try to keep the best and the next best and so on...but really need to know what I am looking for.I will be breeding for size and body style...also feathering...I am mainly raising these for meat but will sell pullets to people and would like to try and keep the breed closer to what it is supposed to be.Hopefully eventually I will end up with some nice sized beautiful Delawares.
Thanks for any help!

 

[Goose and Fig]

I have some new pics from my Delarock project. My neighbor is growing out all colors that I have yet to get pics of, but I have 2 whites and 2 black barred here. They are quite meaty little things. Chock full of personality. I did have a white del looking chick with blue barring instead of black, but it didn't make it for some reason. I think my neighbor might have at least one though. We shall see. Anyway- enjoy!

Jeremy saw this one I think:

These are from today: (younger birds)

Now that I am done for a while hatching all my shipped eggs, I am putting a bunch of these in every available spot in the bators. I might have to get an outside del to work on leg color, but that's down the road. Want to see what we truely have first.