Show off your Delawares! *PIC HEAVY*

[Laney]

Is it just me or do Delawares really really like to spill their food and water? I think they are almost like Ducks!!!

None of the other breeds I've raised spilled their food and water the way my Dellies did. I spent so much time just trying to rig up ways to keep the feed from being tipped, or having them shove in the shavings so they absorbed the water.

Laney

 

[seriousbill]

Here's my new little cockerel with one of his gals. He's got a lot of maturing to do

But I think he favors his daddy:

 

[Germaine_11.20]

Ooohhh, I wanna come steal him. Delawares are so beautiful.

 

[Germaine_11.20]

Oops, didn't know who I was talking too. Sorry Seriousbill, I won't steal your Del's. Just sell some eggs to me!!! Yeah, I know in the Spring....

 

[seriousbill]

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You got it.

 

[Germaine_11.20]

That is akin to showing a kid a candy shop and then making him eat liver.

 

[delawaregirl09]

Bahahahaha! rustyswoman, that cracks me up! An seriousbill! What BEAUTIFUl and HANDSOME boys (and girl). They look great!

 

[Germaine_11.20]

Delawaregirl thanks for starting this post. It is very inspiring and helpful. And your Dels are great! What a wonderful way to learn and share.

 

[McSpin]

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The combs on Delawares are really messed up for the most part. Almost all are too low, with too many points and very irregular looking. I think yours are the first I've seen where they are beginning to look a bit like they should. Nice birds!

 

[seriousbill]

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The combs on Delawares are really messed up for the most part. Almost all are too low, with too many points and very irregular looking. I think yours are the first I've seen where they are beginning to look a bit like they should. Nice birds!

Thanks, McSpin. I still have a ways to go, but this year I was able to cull for that trait, and I don't have any combs that are terrible any more. The little male doesn't have as good a comb as it looks in this picture; he has an extra point just like his sire. But, for the first time this year, I have some females with nearly perfect combs, so I have some hopes for next year.