Show off your Delawares! *PIC HEAVY*

[Goose and Fig]

Will Morrow = Whitmore Farms

 

[capayvalleychick]

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Here, they are showing up on our deck, looking for the cat food. The Dellies and some precious Dorking chicks with mama hen are in a coop about 30 feet away. I've been leaving my English Shepherd out and he trees the coons. I ask my husband to shoot them. He's such a softie, he uses a paintball gun!

He doesn't believe that they will eat chickens since they have only gone after the cat food.

Kim

 

[Goose and Fig]

Oh they will eat your chickens all right. They will massacre an entire coop even if they just take one bird.

 

[catdaddyfro]

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Here, they are showing up on our deck, looking for the cat food. The Dellies and some precious Dorking chicks with mama hen are in a coop about 30 feet away. I've been leaving my English Shepherd out and he trees the coons. I ask my husband to shoot them. He's such a softie, he uses a paintball gun!

He doesn't believe that they will eat chickens since they have only gone after the cat food.

Kim

Maybe you might ought to go over to the Predator thread and show him some of the gruesom sights on there of what those cat food eating coons are capable of esp. if they don't get any catfood to curb their apitite a little bit. There's not too much else with the body stature of a coon that is as bad 'cept for a big cat of some sort. A coon can most definately hold his own and most of the time whip a dog of comparable size or even bigger. I would address the problem at hand immediately not trying to be bossy just trying to make ya'll aware of the damage that they can and will do. They can wipe out a whole flock in no time and its usually more than one as they run in packs they are as adgile as a monkey and a whole lot meaner.

Jeff

 

[Goose and Fig]

I had them reach through 1 x 2 welded wire and rip off the heads of all the birds inside.

 

[kathyinmo]

I trapped coon #4 last night. He will no longer be bothering any chickens.

 

[Stevenson]

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Is no one willing to comment on my rooster? I know he's still young, but I would assume that there are some things that would be considered good or bad.

 

[kathyinmo]

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Is no one willing to comment on my rooster? I know he's still young, but I would assume that there are some things that would be considered good or bad.

I am no expert by any means. But here is my opinion.......
Well, in my opinion he is too narrow, not much width between the legs. He seems kinda "leggy" to me, but maybe not? You are correct that the tail angle is too high and he has a pinched tail. The front line seems shallow to me, but that could be the way he is stretching up, too. He has a nice head. I gotta tell ya though, I expect if I get 10% keepers I am doing fine. 10% of 20 birds is only 2. The birds I purchased, I gave away the largest one, early on. He seemed too leggy (tall and skinny) to me. I probably should have waited it out, but didn't. I might keep 2 or 3 pullets, maybe. That is great with me. I expected nothing more, and am very happy with this.

I want my Delawares to have "type" like this project bird. He is still growing, but I like what I am seeing. A few weeks ago, I was wondering about this boy, and suddenly he became all I wanted! So, be patient, your birds still have some growing to do. You may find out one of the others will be even better than your current choice.

I have a few very very young cockerels growing out that I am watching. I can see the front line is not shallow already, and I like the size of the head-skull. I am watching the width between the legs and the width of the backs. I dunno, we'll see........

 

[kathyinmo]

I keep these pictures handy, and refer to them alot.

 

[fowlman01]

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Is no one willing to comment on my rooster? I know he's still young, but I would assume that there are some things that would be considered good or bad.

"I am no expert by any means. But here is my opinion.......
Well, in my opinion he is too narrow, not much width between the legs. He seems kinda "leggy" to me, but maybe not? You are correct that the tail angle is too high and he has a pinched tail. The front line seems shallow to me, but that could be the way he is stretching up, too. He has a nice head".
Kathyinmo
I agree with everything Kathy says here and I will add that IMO the comb has 5 points, which is correct and the wings are too low. The bottom of the wing line should be horizontal with the ground. It is at about a 45 degree angle now. You have some work ahead of you.

Walt