Show off your Delawares! *PIC HEAVY*

[popcornpuppy]

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Well Rancher, you took my response too seriously. It's all in good fun! I have to admit that I like your cull technique. I'm not a sports fan either, but I will travel to Rhode Island on occasion to watch the Paw Sox play. It's alot better than going into Fenway! I hate driving in Boston, I like the sticks out here in Western MA without all of the traffic.

 

[joletabey]

Delawaregirl!!!! Good to hear from you, but BAD to hear you are cutting back- you have to keep some of those Dels to see what happens- how is your garden??? Are you taking summer classes?

PopcornKathy- uh, I am in total ignorance of both Ben Grimm and Johnny Storm- I am not much of a TV watcher or movie goer, but it does turn out there are some nice pecs in the pics of BOTH Johnnies. Whoowee! And if the yellow is red bleeding through, then that is probably not good, and too bad for Johnny Pecs.

Sports, Schmortz. Nothing is as good as watching chicken races in your very own run. Who are the Red Sox anyway???

- just kidding- even I know who they are. I think. Baseball?

Kathy, I forget who Claudia is, and does she have pics of her birds anywhere on this post? It sounds like you have your two lines- Claudias for the roos and Isaac's for the girls??? I love my hens, I wouldn't trade any of them, even the lighter ones.

 

[kathyinmo]

Claudia has the picture of the week this week! allaboutdemchicks! She also has Janet's line.

 

[speckledhen]

I posted a separate thread about this oddball chick, but since this is the Dellie thread, take a look at Isaac's newest baby. Just when you think you have genetics figured out, this happens. My friend Ellie put eggs under her broody. GA to CA can be rough on eggs, so we think this is the only one that will hatch--Riley's baby with Isaac. This is a Delaware x Blue Barred EE, hatched today.
Now, why is it brown?

To refresh your memory, this is Riley, a BR over blue Ameraucana:

 

[popcornpuppy]

I am by no means a genetic expert, but my first thought was something from the Ameraucana bloodline showing up

The real question is what will it look like as an adult????????. All chicks change from their downny color to a different color when the feathers grow in.

ETA: this much I do know; the barring gene is dominant and with the Del and BR blood, I would envision a heavily barred offspring.

 

[popcornpuppy]

My very precious 10 year old son just said " when you mix brown/blue and white you get brown"

That's the official answer from the resident genetic/color expert

 

[rancher hicks]

At first I thought it was a mouse. Wouldn't the dark feet suggest the Ameraucana?

 

[speckledhen]

Riley has yellow legs like her daddy Dutch. Her mother, Charlotte, has slate legs as an Ameraucana should have, so guess this is grandma's Charlotte's leg color influencing that aspect. Charlotte is a pure blue Ameraucana out of Cree Farms and Rivergait lineage. Naturally, you all know Isaac's blood lines. I still don't see where the brown came from, but hey, Kathy, your son's explanation is just fine with me, LOL. Be cool if it was brown barred!

 

[Cetawin]

I think the hussy is sneaking off and having an affair with a brown leghorn....you know that "neighbor's roo" you always hear crowing near your property.....hmmmmm could be. I'd tell Ike to keep a better eye on that one.

 

[kathyinmo]

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Tim, Did you forget your glasses?

Oh, by the way, I was reading this story (below), and wanted to ask you, Tim, was this YOU???

After I retired, my wife insisted that I accompany her on her trips to
Target. Unfortunately, like most men, I found shopping boring and preferred
to get in and get out. Equally unfortunate, my wife is like most women - she
loves to browse. Yesterday my dear wife received the following letter from
the local Target.


Dear Mrs. --------------,

Over the past six months, your husband has caused quite a commotion in our store. We cannot tolerate this behavior and have been forced to ban both of you from the store. Our complaints against your husband, are listed below and are documented by our video surveillance cameras.

1. June 15: Took 24 boxes of condoms and randomly put them in other people's carts when they weren't looking.

2. July 2: Set all the alarm clocks in Housewares to go off at 5-minute intervals.

3. July 7: He made a trail of tomato juice on the floor leading to the women's restroom.

4. July 19: Walked up to an employee and told her in an official voice, 'Code 3 in Housewares. Get on it right away'. This caused the employee to leave her assigned station and receive a reprimand from her Supervisor that in turn resulted with a union grievance, causing management to lose time and costing the company money.

5. August 4: Went to the Service Desk and tried to put a bag of M&Ms on layaway.

6. August 14: Moved a 'CAUTION - WET FLOOR' sign to a carpeted area.

7. August 15: Set up a tent in the camping department and told the children shoppers he'd invite them in if they would bring pillows and blankets from the bedding department to which twenty children obliged.

8. August 23: When a clerk asked if they could help him he began crying and screamed, 'Why can't you people just leave me alone?' EMTs were called..

9. September 4: Looked right into the security camera and used it as a mirror while he picked his nose.

10. September 10: While handling guns in the hunting department, he asked the clerk where the antidepressants were..

11. October 3: Darted around the store suspiciously while loudly humming the 'Mission Impossible' theme.

12. October 6: In the auto department, he practiced his 'Madonna look' by using different sizes of funnels.

13. October 18: Hid in a clothing rack and when people browsed through, yelled 'PICK ME! PICK ME!'

14. October 21: When an announcement came over the loud speaker, he assumed a fetal position and screamed 'OH NO! IT'S THOSE VOICES AGAIN!'



And last, but not least:

15. October 23: Went into a fitting room, shut the door, waited awhile, then yelled very loudly, 'Hey! There's no toilet paper in here.' One of the clerks passed out.