B.Y.C. Dorking Club!

[Yellow House Farm]

Well then it sounds like the Reds were, indeed, the right choice.

 

[Yellow House Farm]

Well then it sounds like the Reds were, indeed, the right choice.

 

[pysankigirl]

So, I have just taken out an absolutely awesome hatch from the incubator. I'm thrilled.

It's been a long road of serious culling and discipline. I know I sound like a color Scrooge, but trust me, were this the 1920's and every Tom, Dick, and Henrietta on the street had chickens, I'd be the worst color-o-holic of them all! Bringing this strain around has not been easy. I had only one cull out of twenty chicks---one! A few more weeks of this and Lord knows what could happen!

Great health. Excellent hatch rate. Good color, a high percentage of the chicks have the silvery cast that is nice to see in the Whites. Toes range from good to excellent in placement. All RC, all 5-toes, the only cull for color looked a bit too much like a Red Pyle.

Giving into my inner bumpkin..."Hot diggety!"

glad you had a great hatch!

I really think the chicken thing is coming around. There are 5 people on my floor alone at work that have chickens. And I keep finding out about more people everyday. Grown men who are enthralled with their chickens...LOL warms the soul.

 

[Yellow House Farm]

glad you had a great hatch!

I really think the chicken thing is coming around. There are 5 people on my floor alone at work that have chickens. And I keep finding out about more people everyday. Grown men who are enthralled with their chickens...LOL warms the soul.

You know, they really do give me a lot of pleasure. One of the many things I appreciate about them is their very Democratic nature, meaning they are something that we can all do, perhaps not all of us, but most. Most folks can manage to do a good job with one breed and really make an art of it.

 

[pysankigirl]

Yeah...it isn't considered something just for a certain class of people anymore. farming is kind of a gentlemen's sport again. I work with a bunch of very well educated people and some that are in the mailroom and it is something that is becoming popular across the board.

 

[pysankigirl]

Well then it sounds like the Reds were, indeed, the right choice.

oh yeah. and I would never breed a feather-footed breed either. what a mess!

 

[Fentress]

Hello,

I'm thinking of ordering some Dorkings from Sand Hill Preservation. Are they a good source? How good of a broody is the Dorking? Will she go broody in her first season or will she wait unitl she is 2 years old? Will she protect the chicks? I have heard of one story of a Dorking that would walk away after the hatch. Just one story of course. Will she fight other broody hens or get along with other broods? Thanks for YOur help.

Mark

 

[Kilsharion]

Yeah...it isn't considered something just for a certain class of people anymore. farming is kind of a gentlemen's sport again. I work with a bunch of very well educated people and some that are in the mailroom and it is something that is becoming popular across the board.

Indeed, it is. I'm a network engineer (development quality side now days); and, people around me at work find my chickens a fascinating thing. I have had a few of them making noises about getting some for themselves. We'll see if that happens. Most of us work such long hours that if our spouses aren't onboard to help out, it just wouldn't be possible.

We just finished delivering a coop to a young, urban collegiate. Another coop we delivered literally went into downtown, Central Austin...a young professor and his wife (and toddler) are very happy with their chickens. In Wilco and Travis Co, people are allowed to have up to 12 hens in their backyard; and, given Austin's leanings, it means there is quite a bit of chicken fever going around - as well as quite a few urban gardens.

Now, as for roosters? That's another story. It's going to be interesting to see my neighbors' reaction to the first, full crow to come from my yard. I'm not in a residentially zoned area, so I can have roosters if I want them. But, it doesn't mean neighbors can't make my life difficult if they want to. And, I'll definitely be having roosters.

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[yinepu]

Indeed, it is. I'm a network engineer (development quality side now days); and, people around me at work find my chickens a fascinating thing. I have had a few of them making noises about getting some for themselves. We'll see if that happens. Most of us work such long hours that if our spouses aren't onboard to help out, it just wouldn't be possible.

We just finished delivering a coop to a young, urban collegiate. Another coop we delivered literally went into downtown, Central Austin...a young professor and his wife (and toddler) are very happy with their chickens. In Wilco and Travis Co, people are allowed to have up to 12 hens in their backyard; and, given Austin's leanings, it means there is quite a bit of chicken fever going around - as well as quite a few urban gardens.

Now, as for roosters? That's another story. It's going to be interesting to see my neighbors' reaction to the first, full crow to come from my yard. I'm not in a residentially zoned area, so I can have roosters if I want them. But, it doesn't mean neighbors can't make my life difficult if they want to. And, I'll definitely be having roosters.

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Lol. luckily we live out in cow country.. between the donkey braying off and on during the day and the rooster chorus that starts up around 2AM.. the cows have never complained!

edited to add:
those coop tours always worry me.. I would never participate because I'm too much of a freak about bio security (plus I'm not in the city).. so I don't allow "visitors" to my birds... and I would worry about bringing something nasty home from someone else's birds

 

[Kilsharion]

Lol. luckily we live out in cow country.. between the donkey braying off and on during the day and the rooster chorus that starts up around 2AM.. the cows have never complained!

**le sigh** I'm jealous. I wanted to be out that far - even found 25 acres in my price range that was nicely fenced, had a cattle barn, horse barn, work shop, random out buildings, corral and round pen. Desafortunadamente, it was a one and a half hour drive to work - one way. Mike put his foot down. **pouts** So, I'm on two acres and doing the best I can with what I have.