Show off your Delawares! *PIC HEAVY*

[enel 1]

That's great picture looks like he's in mid strut...I chuckled a little.

 

[winkle1234]

My backup cock Brutus with his girls at 9 months. I lost my alpha rooster this past winter to a freak broken leg accident that happened when he jumped off the top roost.

 

[NestingHillsSC]

I can't wait till I get mine at the beginning of the month from Paul Harter!! YAY!!

 

[Jake Levi]

Beautiful birds !! Where are you located Winkle?

I am seriously interested finding flocks in Michigan, or northern Indiana and Ohio.

 

[wekiva bird]

My backup cock Brutus with his girls at 9 months. I lost my alpha rooster this past winter to a freak broken leg accident that happened when he jumped off the top roost.

Nice photos of your birds. What bloodline are they?

 

[winkle1234]

Nice photos of your birds. What bloodline are they?

My own line from a mix of Whitmore, Sandhill, and Mad Knight Heritage Farms (North Yarmouth, ME).

 

[Jake Levi]

Winkle thats a beautiful flock !

Excellent idea having a backup rooster, things happen. I think its a good idea having a back up for the back up.

 

[finnfur]

WINKLE1234
Thats some poultry "eye candy" there.
How do you keep em so white ?

 

[winkle1234]

WINKLE1234
Thats some poultry "eye candy" there.
How do you keep em so white ?

I wish I could take full credit for them staying clean. They pretty much take care of themselves. We let them out of their coop around noon every day. They can roam free on pasture or wooded areas. They have their favorite dust bathing spot they visit a few times a day. I use deep litter method in the coop with 10lbs of stall dry added under the roosts and a bag of shaving once a week and clean out in spring and fall. I free feed them Turkey Starter/Gamebird feed, oyster shell and grit with ACV in their water.

I do get a few messy birds per hatch but they don't seem to survive the 6-8 weeks I keep them in the brooder.

 

[wekiva bird]

I wish I could take full credit for them staying clean. They pretty much take care of themselves. We let them out of their coop around noon every day. They can roam free on pasture or wooded areas. They have their favorite dust bathing spot they visit a few times a day. I use deep litter method in the coop with 10lbs of stall dry added under the roosts and a bag of shaving once a week and clean out in spring and fall. I free feed them Turkey Starter/Gamebird feed, oyster shell and grit with ACV in their water.

I do get a few messy birds per hatch but they don't seem to survive the 6-8 weeks I keep them in the brooder.

Looks like you are doing a good job .