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Forgot to add we're NPIP, if that matters to you.

DD's shifting her focus to a different breed, and since I'm too tied up with the baby to keep a breeding program going we're going to take a break from Dorkings for a while. We'll add the girls to the laying flock, but our cockerel Fearless will need to go in order to make way for the new big...

I wonder if there would be any interest in creating a consortium of sorts to import a trio. I know it can be very expensive and complicated, but it can be done, and if the cost were split among many people and all received a share of the hatching eggs/chicks it might be doable. I know...

Ah, I didn't realize they were Sandhill birds....

I know the livestock manager at the Museum of American Frontier Culture in Staunton is working with coloreds and may be interested in working with someone else in VA....

If it helps, the photos I posted are of 7 month old birds. I haven't weighed the cockerel but if he keeps growing as expected he should be a beast. I agree w/Kim's comment about your boy's back and tail, but like her, I'm not a judge!

Back from the show and DD's Dorking pullets did very well -- Champion and Reserve Champion English in the Jr. show, as well as Reserve Champion Large Fowl. The judge specifically mentioned that the Dorking pullets were very good, so we are encouraged. I know our boy's coloring is not the best...

Hey Karen, here's the link: http://virginiapoultrybreeders.weebly.com/uploads/8/7/7/2/8772687/vpba_fall_premium_2012.pdf . It's at the Caroline County fairgrounds this year. We're bringing our non-alpha cockerel, but his sickle feathers aren't all in yet so DD's not expecting much. Alpha boy...

DD's taking 4 SG Dorkings to the Virginia Poultry Breeders Association show tomorrow, a cockerel and 3 pullets. Last year hers were the only Dorkings there. If any of you happen to be there, look us up! I learned this week that the livestock manager at the Virginia Museum of American...

Hi blessedacre, My DD's bantam flock was hit with this 2 years ago, under similar weather conditions (very wet and very warm for weeks). We had just moved to a new home and were super-distracted, and we hadn't moved the coop to new ground in a couple of weeks or cleaned out some spilled...

Hey Karen in PA, I love collies! I lost my sweet smooth collie several years ago but he was a wonderful dog. Re: mites/lice/etc., we had our first run-in with them this spring after 3 years of chicken-keeping. My kids are always handling the birds, plus I was pregnant, so I wasn't eager to...

I'm downsizing a bit and have 2 young SG cockerels to rehome, will post pics later today if possible (we added a new baby to the household last week and I'm a little behind!). These are McMurray birds, hatched April 7. I might be convinced to let them go with a pullet or two, we'll see. Just...

Karen, that's too funny about the Brahma -- I was just thinking about letting our broody bantam Brahma hatch some of my daughter's bantam Ameraucana eggs, but now I'm wondering if that's a good idea. She may never be able to handle them! It was nice to see you at the show in Harrisonburg. We...

If the mystery chick is a cockel then he will need go to a new home or possibly become dinner. I really would like to develope a good line of Dorkings. Bear in mind that your free exotic mystery chick is 99.9% likely to be a cockerel, since that's what the hatcheries always have in...

Here in Virginia, you can send a bird for a necropsy to the state vet's lab for a fairly nominal fee. Any chance your state vet/agriculture lab can do one? They have a vested interest in preventing outbreaks of transmittable diseases, so they should be helpful, and less expensive than private...

I'm thinking Kim's suggestion is a really good one!

Yes, the girls both have whitish ear lobes -- not white enough to DQ, I guess, but it's definitely something we need to work on. I was kind of surprised the judge didn't note it. I also think the birds are a mite smaller than they ought to be, something else to breed for. We have others who...

Just back from the Virginia Poultry Breeders Association show -- DD took two SG Dorking pullets, 7 months old. This one was Champion English in the junior show, over some decent Australorps: And this one was named RB, although hers were the only 2 Dorkings there: She also took Reserve...

DD is taking two SG Dorking pullets to the Virginia Poultry Breeders Association show this weekend, I'll post if there are any other Dorkings there. I'll see if I can get a couple of decent pics of our girls too.

Just chiming in re: MMCM birds - we ordered 2 SG cockerels and 7 pullets this spring, and have had zero losses. One cockerel was very poor type and was sold as a market bird by my DD for 4-H. The other was quite handsome (though somewhat duckfooted), and showed no aggressiveness toward me but...