B.Y.C. Dorking Club!

[Yellow House Farm]

Hatching eggs are often hard to procure. Many, if not most, breeders won't ship eggs. Chicks or mature fowl are usually the only route.

 

[imtrying]

which is cool, too. but the issue is still the same. the breeder on that side must do a bit of a dance in order to get the fowl shipped. and then we must do a dance to receive them. if we're willing, we'll need to someone on that side willing.

 

[OSUman]

Easiest way to do it is find a breeder in Canada to import, its a lot cheaper because they quarantine on their own property, don't have to have the feds do it.

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 Greenfire Farms has been importing for years. Just a thought.

 

[Jwhip]

A couple of pictures of my favorite 2012 hatched pullet.




I young male that I like.

 

[Rockashelle]

Very nice Jwhip!

 

[ki4got]

Hatching eggs are often hard to procure. Many, if not most, breeders won't ship eggs. Chicks or mature fowl are usually the only route.

well, i for one DO ship hatching eggs, but unfortunately i only have 1-2 girls laying right now, since they're all coming out of being broody or moulting...

i've got the materials and plan to start building my newest coop/pen setup specifically for the dorkings. once they're done i'll have 4 of my 5 roos set up... 1 pen for sg, 1 for reds & 2 mixed colore pens. - a sg roo with sg/colored and a red roo with sg/colored. each pen will be set up for 3 hens and 1 roo.

i'm also planning on getting my npip certification in the spring, so should be able to start shipping chicks after that as well. (might have to pick some brains as to what needs to be done).

first things first tho, once they're set up and laying, will be to verify fertility. aka hatch myself a bunch of chicks to grow out.

 

[Yellow House Farm]

Jwhip, I like her body and her head.

So you have the Rocks and th White Dorkings, anything else?

 

[pysankigirl]

I know eggs are considered a safer way of getting chickens normally...and I know people who fly to europe on occasion. How hard is it to get legal eggs brought in?

 

[capayvalleychick]

I know eggs are considered a safer way of getting chickens normally...and I know people who fly to europe on occasion. How hard is it to get legal eggs brought in?

A couple years ago, I looked into importing either birds or eggs. From England, it's very expensive. The dead end was the fact that I couldn't find a breeder willing to help on their end. Their Club was completely disinterested in such a project. I spoke to a breeder of another breed, who wrote about her experience importing eggs. She will not do it again and does not recommend it.

Info on importing birds and eggs are on this site:
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/import_export/animals/live_poultry.shtml

http://www.aphis.usda.gov/import_export/animals/poultry_eggs.shtml

There is a Dorking breeder in Canada who imported Dorkings from Holland. It is somewhat easier to import into Canada than the USA. She was able to be her own quarantine facility. She is happy with the size of the imports but they still have defects.

After all the research that I did, I realized importing Dorkings was out of my capabilities. Now, it seems there are many new breeders who have decent beginnings. IMO I no longer see the need to import. If we all work with what we have, with patience & determination, there are enough Dorkings here in the USA to make a go of it successfully.

Regarding Colored Dorkings... I know Craig Russell has them. He was going to send some breeders to a friend of mine in central CA. I haven't heard from her in a while, but will ask next time. I'm trying to remember the Dorkings that CR had at the Crossroads show. Didn't some of his Coloreds there end up being donated to a museum?

 

[Jwhip]

Jwhip, I like her body and her head.

So you have the Rocks and th White Dorkings, anything else?

I also have White Rocks, New Hampshires (Reese strain) and Silver Penciled rock bantams.


Congrats on the Black Muscovy duck