Show off your Delawares! *PIC HEAVY*

[finnfur]

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.

Well done . I wouldn't change a thing . breeding or care - You on the right track IMHO

 

[finnfur]

New Del tucked in his adopted Bunny

 

[NestingHillsSC]

New Del tucked in his adopted Bunny

 

[Jake Levi]

 

[wekiva bird]

New Del tucked in his adopted Bunny

soo cute

 

[NestingHillsSC]

YAY! My chicks from Paul Harter came today. 26 great chicks!!

 

[cubalaya]

i didn't know they were breeding them with green heads. i have seen some green legs though.

 

[NestingHillsSC]

That's just dye they mark them with. Probably from different breeding pens.

 

[blackTNgiants]

Heres our Delawares we purchased them to be our egg gals.. i have really enjoyed them !!

 

[cubalaya]

That's just dye they mark them with. Probably from different breeding pens.

i was kidding. very nice chicks nestinghillssc.