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Cyn, question for you on your assessment of this roo. To my (very untrained) eye, he looks young yet, but appears to have good type. Is this a correct assessment? (just trying to learn here) Will the tail color darken as he gets older or does that not change? (again, trying to learn) I can certainly see the difference in tail color (mainly lacking the solid black in his tail) when compared to Kathy's boy.
ndemerly.......I think he's beautiful, I'm not trying to insult him by any means, I just want to learn what the desired type is. I realize nobody has the perfect bird. I hope I don't offend you by asking this.
Yes, he is young. ndemerly asked for opinions, and I mentioned the good and not so good points. He does seem young and should fill out more later on. Kathy is correct, Oliver is too heavy on the dark in his tail, ndemerly's is too light. The perfect balance is definitely in the middle of the two. Oliver has awesome type and that body isn't seen very often in today's Delawares. My Isaac is deep bodied, but not quite as broad as Oliver.
I had a couple who were light in the tail, with white predominating. The barring was very crisp, but just too light--that's not the reason they were culled, though, not the primary one. They were just not as bowl shaped as they should have been, but it takes till almost maturity to see how a Delaware rooster will turn out. You really can't cull too soon with this breed, except for obvious awful flaws.
Thank you for the explanation.(wanted to make sure what I was seeing wasn't way off base, and it wasn't - except the tail feathers part) I do agree that Oliver has fabulous body type. He's a beefy boy. Kathy, how old is he now?
