Show off your Delawares! *PIC HEAVY*

[kathyinmo]

Who is Jacob Black, and why is he writing on Cheyenne's hand?

I am still uploading Dellie pictures ... you gotta see my roos! I have a favorite, but I am sure he won't make the cut!

 

[speckledhen]

All I can tell you about picking your keeper Del roosters is this: If I had a perfect example of Del rooster by the SOP and he was a nasty jerk and then I had another cockerel with an extra comb point or too light or too dark tail barring, I'd pick that one over the nasty tempered one, hands down. That is the final trait to cull for, in terms of when it really begins to express itself. I knew Isaac was probably going to be in the final three by the time he was four or five weeks old-that's why I called him the Rockstar. And he continued to outshine the others all the way through, pulling ahead of his larger, super friendly brother who turned a bit aggressive by the time they were 14-15 weeks old.

 

[kathyinmo]

Well, Cyn ... that shouldn't be a problem, now that we know how to take care of those roo behaviors with lavender buble baths!

 

[speckledhen]

"Have lavender dish soap, will travel" should be the motto of our Rooster Behavior Specialist, Cheyenne.

 

[joletabey]

Sorry I asked about Thor's wattles on the Dellie thread, but it seems all our bird families are so intertwined! Well, Ultrasuede looks like Thor did at 8 weeks. . . . . .hmmmm!

I really need to take the personality thing into account- my DH got flogged when he was a kid, and he is a little leary about having a roo at all. Plus I don't want to have to watch my back all the time.Or my face, or legs or any part of me -

Kathy, I can't wait to see the pics- I will be taking more sometime tomorrow- do show your favorite roo!

 

[kathyinmo]

OK, tell me what ya think ...

 

[speckledhen]

The third picture down is one I'd cull if he still has hackles like that in a few weeks. He also seems to have very pale legs. Can't really tell on the others yet too much. Start with the chunky boys, then check comb points and color, then leg color. They look like they're cold, so their stances are a bit too hunched to say alot about body type.

Is that one in the 6th picture from the top the same as the one in the third pic? He has odd coloring in the tail, too. Hmm. I'd love to see that one later on, but I think he'll be a cull.

 

[Cetawin]

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That is the boyfriend she is not allowed to have that she was forced to dump before I went all ballistic and non-motherly on him.

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That should be indeed.

 

[kathyinmo]

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Yep, same one ... of course, he is my favorite ... the most friendly!

 

[speckledhen]

Figures, doesn't it?