Show off your Delawares! *PIC HEAVY*

[moodlymoo]

How quickly do these girls mature? I have one I got early mid august, she is very dark pink in the face and now her pelvic bones are 2 fingers apart...is she getting close?

 

[joletabey]

How old was she when you got her? Dels generally do lay early, I had one that laid her first egg at something ridiculous like 17.5 weeks, but most of them are around 20-22 weeks old.

 

[Stevenson]

Mine started laying at 18.5 weeks old.

 

[moodlymoo]

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I think she was about a weekish old. Here is a pic of when I got her maybe you can tell

 

[rancher hicks]

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Here you go on the pics. Notice they don't have that "egyptian" eyeliner. I don't recall seeing it on any of my other Del chicks either. I'm not sure where the "Dark Horse" came from I only hope it's a girl. The father is most likely an Orp and the mother one of number of Orp colors.

 

[happycountryhens]

Nice Chicks Rancher! Just think...instead of not knowing what to do about snow, these chicks will be wary once they see that green grass!

 

[oneofseven]

All right, can anyone tell if these are pullets or cockrels? They are about 2 months old.

 

[Hillbilly Hen]

Both are cockerals.

Can y'all believe I have another Delaware gone broody? She had all summer to do so and it was sleeting today!

 

[oneofseven]

What do you look for to tell?

 

[Hillbilly Hen]

They look like cockerals because their combs and wattles are already pretty red for two months. Do you have any others? I have a little baby Del that I could already tell he was a cockeral by the time he was just over 2 weeks old. [darn it!]