Kathy, those two girls are just beyond mere words!
The pictures say it all anyway. What heart melting little girls you have there. How old are Miss Stella and Miss Della?
Well, OK, I got a fleeting moment to get a few pictures of Evie and Prius tonight. By no means their best pics to date, as I waited until about a half hour before their bedtime and the lighting wasn't the greatest.
Now, for those who have not kept track of this latest facet of the Delaware conversation, be forewarned. These [duh! obviously] are NOT purebred Dellie's. I'm not even sure if there is so much as a drop of Dellie blood in them. That's what we're going to put our heads together on and see what kind of a consensus we can come to.
Without further ado, may I present first Evie. Also the very first chick I ever hatched! Hence the name, Eve.
Evie is on the right and her buddy Dottie (I think that's Dottie...too many black and gold girls sometimes can be confusing!
) is on the left.
And since everyone seems to be concerned with what the butt feathers look like in Dellies, here's a shot of Evie's fluffy, puffy posterior!
Now this is a fairly nice picture of Prius. She's the absolute sweetest of the two black and white girls, and frankly, one of the sweetest birds in this flock period!
This shot here can give you a better idea of her body shape.
And of course, life would not be complete without a shot of the fluffy butt of Prius!
Just so that you can compare the two girls side by side, obliging young ladies that they are, they provided me with this nice shot of the two of them together tonight!
So, Kathy, Beth, Cyn, Cetawin, Scott and all other Delaware authorities, your opinions please on these two wonderfully sweet little pullet mutts. Is there maybe a slight chance that there is Del in there somewhere? If not, what else might there be? I know the brown bits of them probably came from the RIR roo that the family whom I acquired the eggs from had in their flock. As for who contributed the Dellie like features, I have no idea. But their personalities, both in general and Prius in particular, just seem to scream out Delaware!!
Prius is just the sweetest little girl. Every time I turn around in the yard, there she is. And constantly she is wanting to be picked up and cuddled for just a minute or two. Then it's off to chase down some bug or other. 15 minutes later, she's right back at my heal and checking up on me. And even though I give these hooligans treats on a daily basis, I never use the treats as an enticement to promote friendly behavior. If she has made that kind of connection in her mind, then she came by it all on her own!
Besides, any treats I tried to use as enticements wouldn't do me any good anyhow. Chief is right there to take full credit for the procurement of all treats issued!
And the girls readily accept his pronouncement that it was all HIS idea!
OK, forgive me....I know he has absolutely not one drop of Dellie in him, but since we are, in a round about way, on the subject, here's a picture of the love of my life. He may be just a mutt in the eyes of many. But to me, he is my sterling silver and gold hued knight in shining armor. And the girls think he's pretty nifty too!!
My boy, Chief!
Any thoughts y'all might have on these two girls, you are eagerly encouraged to give voice to that opinion! Oh, and if it helps, they officially turned 19 weeks this last Thursday.
