Heritage White Dorking Thread

HaikuHeritageFarm said:

Do you have a good enough line of silver grays to be able to get type back after wrecking it with

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Several of the mainline hatcheries sell Silver Grays and I would get chicks from them.

Of the Glenn said:

Several of the mainline hatcheries sell Silver Grays and I would get chicks from them.

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What about white dorkings appeals to you? The hatchery dorkings, while I'm glad they have a stronghold at the hatcheries, are not good representatives of the breed. The feature that primarily distinguishes the Dorking is a long, low, heavy, gravy bowl body. You'll be hard pressed to find that in hatchery stock, and crossing it to another breed would put you likely even further from the goal in most cases. Leghorns are dominant white plus a very light built bird with the completely wrong body type. Wyandottes are at least a heavy bird, but again wrong body type plus yellow skin, etc.

I looked for white dorkings for a while to cross to my Houdans to recreate white Houdans but realized the variety needs enough work in their own right that they wouldn't benefit me much. I'm working with white faverolles instead. These at least have the correct heavy body type.

But truly, if this is a variety you're very interested in and passionate about, let's help you find some good white dorkings instead of trying to scab together something from hatchery odds and ends. It would be so worth it! I'd love to see someone else working on these.

reviving this thread to ask about current reputable breeders of Heritage White Dorkings bred to the standard - does anyong have any recomendations? Thanks in advance.

Tahai said:

reviving this thread to ask about current reputable breeders of Heritage White Dorkings bred to the standard - does anyong have any recomendations? Thanks in advance.

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I'm looking for White Dorking Chickens too, does anyone have a good source for them?