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Quote: Originally Posted by Flowerbh  Better photos of my new babies: Silver Laced Wyandottes Cochin mixes Salmon Favorelles Cochins I lost track of whose...

Quote: Originally Posted by ki4got  mine usually start about 5 months old or so. The first ones I got from the hatchery in July started right at 5 months.  I hatched some out last October and they did...

Quote: Originally Posted by ki4got  well, my roo 'junior' is either extremely brave or extremely stupid...    i was going down to check on the broody momma who took all the babies that just...

Great Pics Scott. Lisa

Quote: Originally Posted by Yellow House Farm  So, I know that in NH alone we have Reds, SGs and Whites.  My goal is to show our Whites in January 2014 at the Northeastern Poultry Congress.  It would be...

Quote: Originally Posted by ki4got  polydactyly is a multi-genome incompletely dominant trait, so yes, if the right combination happens along it's possible to get 4 toes. but i've only had 2 or 3 chicks with 9 toes...

Does anyone ever get 4 toes when breeding all 5 toed Dorkings hens with 5 toed Dorking rooster?  from what I've read it can happen if the rooster and hen have a 4 toed recessive gene.  Is this correct?

Quote: Originally Posted by LilyD    I agree it's going to be very hard to get many birds that meet the SOP totally. I have heard that the ones through Murray McMurray are very close and that they get...

Hello Everyone, I'm from the lakes region of NH.

Hi Everyone, We are raising Silver Gray Dorkings and I just recently found the Chicken Swaps of NH  I am trying to increase and improve my flock.  For those of you still hatching for next spring how long do you leave...