Show off your Delawares! *PIC HEAVY*

[Hillbilly Hen]

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No adjustment needed at all. It is absolutely perfect! Brittney went around the yard playing dress up with all the girls today! They are just wonderful! LOVE THEM ! ! !

 

[kathyinmo]

Dec 11 and Dec 17 I hatched Delawares from Jesse McDaniel eggs. I also had 3 or 4 of my own eggs in this hatch. Do you see the green legs in some of the girls?

 

[kathyinmo]

Continued...

Oliver and his funky tail, errr sickle feather .....

 

[Hillbilly Hen]

That's it..

After seeing the pics of your dels Kathy, I am convinced that I need to bring mine in and give them a BATH!

And yes I can see the green legs.

 

[Urbanfarmerkc]

I saw some, certainly not all and only a few. The others look really good. It is so sad this happened. Do you know what causes the green legs? I know you told me it is a sex link thing. If you perpetuate the green legs will they start to lay green eggs? I was once told the easter eggers lay according to the color of their legs. LOL

Dave

 

[Urbanfarmerkc]

also, I'm so impressed that these are only 3 months old. Dels are so awesome!

 

[kathyinmo]

Hey, that's a thought, Dave! Maybe they will lay green eggs!

I want to find out more about this gene that causes green legs. Can it be bred out, or are they all culls? That is my question. What about crossing back to a nice yellow legged New Hampshire?

 

[kathyinmo]

I do like the size of this group. I think they look pretty good except for the green legs.

 

[Urbanfarmerkc]

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I like that, take em back to their roots.

 

[jeremy]

So are their legs actually green, or do they only appear to have green legs and it's actually something like slate ("blue") legs covered by the Dels natural yellow color? Blue mixed with yellow yields green, at least when you're painting.

So, that said, could a breed with slate, gray or even black legs have been bred somewhere into the line? Assuming the green legged birds are from Jesse McDaniel's line only, maybe another breed was crossed in to increase vigor, production, etc.

I'm just thinking aloud, do you have any other theories or ideas Kathy?