Show off your Delawares! *PIC HEAVY*

[ChksontheRun]

Post them here, we all love pictures

 

[HaikuHeritageFarm]

Hmm, don't know why the photos aren't showing up. Maybe because I used the link from where I posted them on my blog?

Well, anyway, they're on my blog, too:

http://homelesshomesteader.wordpress.com/

(Plus, pictures of my new baby Thrianta bunnies, too! Rabbits and chickens, I am officially in heaven!)

 

[kathyinmo]

I can see the pictures! They are super nice pictures, too! You have a great place for them.

Congratulations on the new Delaware family. You are just gonna love being owned by Delawares!

Welcome to BYC and welcome to the Dellie thread. We are so glad you joined us.

Tell us about your Dels. Do you have stories to tell about them, yet? Goliath looks young. He is gonna be a great guy. I like his size. Love those bright yellow legs, too. You have a very nice looking flock!

You are from Alaska? Green grass in Alaska?

 

[Cetawin]

They are a nice looking bunch of Delawares....you should only be getting eggs from your 2 one year old hens...the other pullets are not old enough to lay yet. at 3 months old, you have about another 6 - 12 weeks before they lay usually.

The transition from one place to another, new people, new environment and etc will slow down their laying too...give them time. when I moved mine from Oregon to Kentucky in the end of March, they laid poorly until the end of April first of May.

 

[Cetawin]

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What kind of evil jugs are you using? mine prefer 2 litre soda bottles...they steer clear of the gallon jugs. LOL

 

[Louieandthecrew]

This is my Delaware mix... Could anyone tell me what she is mixed with?!?! I have also heard that she is a roo and hen! Any answers? Thanks
Chick

Young Pullet

Thanks again!

 

[kathyinmo]

Boy, I have no idea. Are the legs green? Is she laying yet? I ask because I was wondering what color the egg might be.

 

[joletabey]

Anarchy- Mrs. AKBirdbrain has Dels and is in Alaska- could be some of her stock? You have some nice looking birds in there- how did they take to that beautiful bunny? Goliath will grow into himself, he looks young. The hen in the far back looks like a beautiful, chunky girl-

Louie- I have no idea, either, but that is one pretty bird- beautiful tail!

Cetawin- good grief, I never thought of them as being leery of the size- yes, I am using gallon jugs. It's all I had. Well, they are going to have to get over it!

Kathy- how was the heat yesterday at your place? GLoria Jean? Cyn, Scott? Anyone else in the heat? I personally thought we were all going to pass over- it was nasty! I had fans everywhere.

 

[speckledhen]

Hottest day yet here yesterday, high 90's, very unusual for our elevation/area. Humidity is awful. The temps don't sound high to folks out west, but trust me, with the humidity, it's like a heat index of 110 +/- We are trying to keep everyone alive-it's a full time job!

 

[Serrin]

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LadyHawk and I were just talking about this last night. You most certainly have my sympathies folks. A heat index like that is nothing to sneeze about! That's down right deadly!

I truly hope that nobody looses any of their beloved feathered friends to this unrelenting heat. While we've been getting rather toasty ourselves out west here, we don't have nearly the humidity y'all do. In fact, last night it was down to right around 24%. (please don't hate me!

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Our forecasted high for today is 94 and 98 for tomorrow. Yesterday I think we hit something like 94 or so. Knowing that it was going to get pretty darn hot yesterday, I put the lawn sprinkler on to soak their favorite area for dust baths in the yard, early in the morning. I let that run for about 2 hours. By afternoon, when things were reaching their peak temperatures, the ground was absolutely perfect for a nice cool wallow in the damp earth. And boy! Did they ever take full advantage of it! I looked up at that area around 4 in the afternoon. They had dug in so deep that I couldn't see their bodies, just their heads peeking out of the holes!

Give it a try around your own yards and just see if they don't take advantage of it as well!