Show off your Delawares! *PIC HEAVY*

[rancher hicks]

I was reading on another post that putting ACV in the water will help to promote pullet chicks. Anyone ever hear about this? Since I breed Dels this could be useful if it's true.

 

[kathyinmo]

I just don't believe any of that stuff about ways to get more females than males, etc. The way I look at it is .... There are lots of hatcheries in the US. And, if any of these, "tricks of the trade," worked ..... I am sure they would be using them.

I dunno .... just my opinion.

 

[Bassleg]

I think it's hog wash !!!

 

[speckledhen]

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Now, which one would that be? Not a nosey Barred Rock, not a curious Delaware, WHO would it be????

Rose? An angel in feathers? Baise? What's the other one's name (Ebony?) ???

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So funny!

A perfect fit already, eh?

That would be Rose. She is a handful.

Tim, that is a new one on me, about ACV. Obviously, it's ridiculous. The hen determines the sex of the chick and the sex organs are already forming by about Day Five of incubation. Where does ACV come in, supposedly?

 

[rancher hicks]

I didn't say it would work. I also heard that the temp during incubation would affect the sex. I do know it does in reptiles but don't know about chickens. Since they are related to dinosuars, I wonder. The science teacher at school said he didn't know about incubation temps affecting the sex of chicks.
I have thought about writing to hatcheries and asking them. What do I have to lose? If it were so hard to sell chicks I would do an experiment to see. Course it would take months. I only asked cuz I expect ya'all to be smarter than me where chickens are concerned.

Speckledhen I think these guys are getting friendlier and stopped biting.

 

[speckledhen]

Sure hope they stop biting, Tim. This breed seems to have that "explore with their beaks" thing going on until you let them know that it isn't pleasant for you, in no uncertain terms.

I was asking how ACV was supposed to be used to produce pullets. Give the hens ACV in their water all the time or what? I know it doesn't work, but not sure how it was supposed to be used to get that result, if you know what I'm saying. Temps don't determine/change the sex of chicks, just reptiles.

 

[kathyinmo]

I'm thinking that some hatcheries have probably already tried any kind of experiment they could, just to get more girls. Heck, they have a hard time getting rid of roosters.

See, I told ya they would stop biting. The little devils!

 

[jeremy]

I was told that temperature during incubation could effect gender of chicks. Wrong, also. I guess it really is luck of the draw. You would think with all of the advances in modern science though that they'd be able to identify which genes/chromosomes did decide sex in chicks and be able to manipulate that. I don't know if I'd want any of the lab modified chickies though...

I just got home from picking up some free movies, craigslist can be good for somethings I guess, I came back to 7 of 12 Braden Dels pipped! It looks like I may have some babies by the morning!

 

[kathyinmo]

So, are you off work tomorrow, so you can watch them hatch?

BTW Jeremy, When are you gonna be ready for more eggs?

 

[PacsMan]

Hi guys, I can't keep up with the messages here! I'm still on May 1st!

Anyway, I have a question;

I bought an order of 50 Delawares from Privett Hatchery this year. I sold over half of them, but I still have 19 left. 2 of those 19 are Roosters.
We are zoned agricultural. Zoning says we can have all the chickens we want. Health department says ok, but no roosters because of the noise (grr…) Would love to try a breeding program, but you can’t do that too well without Roosters.

Anyway, these Delawares are 10 1/2 weeks old. I'm trying to sell two Breeding Trios, but not having much luck. ( http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=218&ad=10566261 ) I know these are lowly "hatchery stock" but I still think of them as Delawares rather than "mixed"...

After all that, my question is this;
When do Delaware Roosters start to crow?
How long do I have to lower the price, or send them to freezer camp?

Thanks!
Marty