Show off your Delawares! *PIC HEAVY*

[HorizonSon]

Taken earlier this week...

Note: my Dellies are 14 weeks old, today

 

[speckledhen]

The newest Dellies at the Chicken Asylum, hatched this morning. One pipped egg is still in the bator.

 

[fowlman01]

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Great picture.....

Walt

 

[speckledhen]

The main thing about Delawares to me is that they forage and travel far and wide. Isaac takes the flock further than any other rooster I've had, too. In fact, I truly believe that this breed does best in free range situations.

 

[gootziecat]

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I truly appreciate a breed that lays xlg and jumbo eggs. They not only sell well but I get a feeling of satifaction when I find them in the nestbox. I also think any bird worth its salt will forage well and not stand around the coop or feeder. I don't have Dels and one thing that puts me off is it seems to me their white would be an easy target for hawks or other predators. We have a lot of hawks here. Anyone that has Dels that forage, do you find this to be a problem compared to other good forages, like Ameraucanas or EEs?

 

[ca]

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What do you mean? Is that not great winter camouflage?

 

[speckledhen]

All I can say is that I've never lost a bird to a predator, even a Delaware. We have hawks, coyote, fox, bear, raccoon, opossum and the usual cats and roaming dogs. Isaac is super-alert, so that's my only explanation. I don't think they are taken by predators more than any other chicken, from what I've seen here on BYC.

 

[cubalaya]

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What do you mean? Is that not great winter camouflage?

funny i dont see where ameraucanas or easter eggers are great foragers, they are the first to roost everyday. i imagine that the delawares would be similar to barred rocks or dominiques when it comes to foraging.

 

[Hillbilly Hen]

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Awwww.... they look tuckered out

 

[speckledhen]

My Ameraucanas are not great foragers. They do some, but they aren't dedicated and industrious like the Delawares and the BRs.