I have gotten very close, but after serious consideration, decided to sell all my chickens so I have more time for my family. Thanks for your interest!
First crossing: A. Cuckoo Dorking rooster with Red Dorking hens.
Second crossing: B. New Red roosters with A( Cuckoo/red cross) hens
Happening now. Pen 1: Third Crossing. C.1 Best of B roosters, (Cuckoo with red leaking) to Best of B (red) hens:.
Hatching now, so far one chipmunk and...
Hope every one is safe and warm! I am collecting eggs now for my project!I have Dicks red hens with my 3rd breeding rooster, I also have some 3rd breeding cousins, I saved the closest to type roos that look cuckoo, dark breast and some red feathering. my hens present with red coloring and good...
Hi all, I am still working on this project and it is going well. I believe I now have everything in place to have my creles in the spring. I have several beautiful roosters from my crosses to decide from, they are cuckoo/barred with red leeking through, I will keep the best one and keep one...
Good news! I have three hatches of Dorkings! Mama hens do a much better job than I do at hatching Thank goodness! I am not sure how many I have yet as I am trying to leave them alone as much as possible, and I have some still hatching. I do know I have lots of chipmunks! I have not examined...
thanks guys, for all the encouragement! Yinepu,I have gotten results very similar to yours, some dark leg washes, one exactly like your first picture, and I'm expecting several hatches in the next week or two I will haven't heard back from Glenn yet so I guess I will just keep on for now but...
Thanks Heritage for your encouragement! I have not considered that before as I am a novice to chicken genetics and have been trying to educate myself! For me, culling is not a problem as we plan on processing most of the birds for our own freezer. I figure that I give them a wonderful life...
Very discouraged tonight! I have worked so hard on this project! If the birds have some other genes tucked away in their lineage I will stop this project immediately. If there is some other genetic explanation for the odd toe and leg wash I may reconsider. I am so sorry if I let any of you...
I just got a message from new york with my eggs and a hatch of 13 out of 14 eggs! Healthy with several chipmunks! Bad news is she got four with only 4 toes and four with 4 /5 toes. This leads me to believe there must be some other breed in the Dorkings background like kilsharon said! I...
I would be very interested in seeing your pictures! There is a slight possibility I could have accidentally put an icelandic egg in as I collect my eggs at the same time, but they are much smaller and only have 4 toes. There is absolutely no possibility of interbreeding though as I keep the...