Show off your Delawares! *PIC HEAVY*

[Germaine_11.20]

I bet that grasshopper never got a chance to hop away! My babies are going to be so in love with me....

 

[delawaregirl09]

Not a single chance

It was pretty neat, the way they carried that little bugger all over the place. It was a small grasshopper, but they didnt mind. Shoot. Made it easier to swallow quick

But, now I've got problems with one of my roos combs

Off to the Emergency section... Haha.

 

[Cetawin]

rustyswoman...my brooder was a madhouse when I bought the babies 500 waxworms. They looked at the treat plate with an expression of "WTH are those?" then one of the worms moved OMG it was on then.

They were all gone in less 4 minutes of feeding them to them in waves.

 

[joletabey]

Yup, it's a three ring circus at treat time - RWoman- are mealworms easy enough to raise? That sounds like a good idea.
Delgirl, I like Oreo's coloring too, and his very proud neck shape- the one white feather . . . hmmmm - too bad we can't consider those like a white streak in a woman's hair, you know, dramatic and striking, not a fault -

Got another comb question ( shut UP, Beth) - I know single combs are 5 pointed and are to sit straight and firmly on the head - what would you all choose- more points on a straight comb, or a comb with 5 points that was set slightly off- like tilted to the side? Do any of your babies have combs that look like they are leaning slightly to one side or the other?

 

[Germaine_11.20]

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I can picture it now!!! You want to take a picture to show others the comedy but there is no way you will get a good shot with them on there like little Nascar racers.
500 in 4 minutes, their little crops had to be bulging!


Joletabey, The mealworms are way easy to raise, they just take time to go from beetle to worm big enough to eat. They do create dust too. The only real concern is making sure you freeze the wheat bran that you grow them in so any weevil eggs, larvae or moths die. Otherwise you have the perfect breeding ground to introduce weevils to your house. Yep it happened here and I learned the hard way!

I think I would take the more points with a better standing if there wern't too many extra points but Cynthia would be the one to ask there.

 

[Cetawin]

Joletabey I am no expert or even anywhere in the same city as an expert but here is my two cents worth from observation.

One parent can compensate for a deficiency of the other parent and vise versa...If it were me, I would choose the roo whose overall package was what I wanted and if the comb was bad so be it...the mother with a good comb will give you good offspring from pair despite the roo's bad comb. I would really not discount a roo for a bad comb/flopping off set comb if the rest of him was what I was looking for.


Edit to add pics...


They actually got to spend Sunday afternoon outside...it was cold but not windy and wet....and it was warmer than it has been...so the babies got to go outside for a few hours. When it started misting, they came back inside. But they enjoyed their romping through my garden


Fattie and Cannonball (Fattie was trying to fly to me because Cannonball does)

The Dellie girls with their main man, Thor (Cyn, what is up with Cannonball's head full of quills still? Always looks like she is having a bad hair day! lol)

Of course my sweet boy coming to see me and talk, Severus

 

[TimG]

I live in Southern Maine (Standish) and have a Delaware cockerel (about 8 months) that I no longer need. He's a good boy, has never been aggressive, in fact is on the shy side, and takes good care of his ladies. (I'll try to get a current picture later today.) He has produced some offspring, and if I decide to breed further, I will be using the offspring instead of this guy. He may come with a Delaware pullet that is very fond of him -- she is on the small side and seems to be most comfortable at the side of the big guy. Free to good home if you pick him up, I'm happy to transport him a bit if you'll contribute some gas money.

Please PM me if you have any interest, I don't always follow this thread and its hundreds of pages.

Tim

 

[Germaine_11.20]

They are so cute out there. What breed is Thor? He is handsome.

 

[joletabey]

Thor is a hunka hunka! Pretty boy-
Tim, I hope you find someone for your Dels- see, there is someone else with a nice Del Roo!

Cetawin, if you had two roos with great body type, looks like good markings and nice personalities, but one has 5 points with a crooked comb and one has more than five points with a straight comb, which would you pick? I know I am being a pitt bull with this question, but I am curious as to which trait is the lesser of two evils. At this "point" (haha) I am thinking along with Rustyswoman, but want opinions.

Who is Severus? I love the pics of the kids in the garden- I look forward to getting mine out, too!

 

[speckledhen]

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Thor is a splash Orpington, son of Suede and Smoky.

Straight or crooked, five or more points, hmm. That's hard. I guess pick the very best body type and coloring, including the yellowest legs and then depend on a good hen paired up to made the kids' combs better. I'm not sure it really matters, but if you have a five point comb that is slightly crooked or a six or more point comb that is straight, that's tough. I think I'd pick the straight comb (as long as there was only one extra point) Isaac has a small extra sort of half point on the front of his comb. Kira's has no really good points at all, but they have produced Gracie with very distinct points (still waiting to see if the bump on the front is a real #5 point or not). If you have great type on the rooster, the hens will compensate somewhat for a less-than-perfect comb.