B.Y.C. Dorking Club!

[cukooformarans]

Now tell me, if the parents were having fertility issues, might the chicks?

Framac

Wonder what could be causing his fertility issues?

 

[LOVEMYCHICKS03]

im getting white dorkings from a breeder in may

I think there from yellow house farm

may I join?

 

[LOVEMYCHICKS03]

Wonder what could be causing his fertility issues?

probobly

 

[ki4got]

Quote: excessive fluff around the vent, overly large roo or hen, young roo/ lack of experience, severe inbreeding, nutritional changes/deficiencies, stress, etc.

the only genetic cause would be inbreeding, but outcrossing to another line would help that immensely.

personally i'd stick with his birds, see what happens, and worst case get some unrelated reds and try again.

rudy troxel has a good line as well, or you could go with another breeder or even sandhill, IMO.

 

[Kilsharion]

excessive fluff around the vent, overly large roo or hen, young roo/ lack of experience, severe inbreeding, nutritional changes/deficiencies, stress, etc.

the only genetic cause would be inbreeding, but outcrossing to another line would help that immensely.

personally i'd stick with his birds, see what happens, and worst case get some unrelated reds and try again.

rudy troxel has a good line as well, or you could go with another breeder or even sandhill, IMO.

Trying to stick with his line....but, can't do much sticking when the lines aren't coming. He asked if I wanted a refund and I told him I'd wait it out; but, I'm wondering if I'll be waiting until 2014

I really would like to get a separate line in this year.

 

[LOVEMYCHICKS03]

I love dorkings! well this is embarrassing LOL https://www.google.com/search?q=fer...09,d.dmQ&fp=4f4a14e7caf7f6a2&biw=1280&bih=797

 

[ki4got]

I love dorkings! well this is embarrassing LOL

what's embarrassing?

if it's the number of posts found regarding your search, if you look, a bunch of them are within the last month or so, discussing people not getting chicks from dick horstman because he's having problems...

another was discussing crossing dorking with faverolles to help with the fav's fertility issues, the sandhill one, the mention of fertility was in regards to their manx rumpies...

so no, dorkings don't generally have a lot of fertility issues. the post made about seasonal fertility issues i think turned out to be a lazy roo...

yes problems CAN occur, as with any breed/species/individuals. in most cases i think i would attribute that to an individual bird (rooster usually) rather than a whole breed or even line.

since my initial inquiries regarding fertility, i've learned a lot more, and see now where the problems were. 99% of it was my roo. he doesn't like the cold weather, he hates getting his feet wet/muddy, and he's battled an on/off case of bumblefoot on one of the extra toes (making him limp pretty hard). once those were changed/fixed, fertility went back up again.

 

[greenhorn]

im getting white dorkings from a breeder in may

I think there from yellow house farm

may I join?

I got chicks from YellowHouse last year, 2012 and have been nothing but happy with them. We are hatching white dorking chicks from those birds and wow are we getting some awesome looking chicks. Not a huge number this year but that's how it goes til ya get a good number of excellent quality birds.

And yes, by all means feel free to join in! Can't wait to hear how you are enjoying those whites.

 

[greenhorn]

so no, dorkings don't generally have a lot of fertility issues. the post made about seasonal fertility issues i think turned out to be a lazy roo...

Something I noticed this season is that our roosters seem to become more active in the fertility dept when there are given different coops with different hens. We switch out our best rooster to a new coop about every 4-5 days. As soon as he's let go in the new coop he greets all his girls immediately and with vigor. Was an idea that actually worked haha. Guess I understand roosters better than hens.....

 

[pysankigirl]

so ki4ot...what gene would dilute both the red and the black in a dark red dorking so that it was a golden/blue combination? I have this one pullet from Craig that I am totally in love with. the golden is outlining all the feathers with the blue on the inside and base/undercolor. I wish I could take a photo but dh took the camera with him overseas. she's becoming really pretty. I have another that is the red tipped/black undercoat so I think it is a dilution thing.

edited to add: I found a corresponding color in another breed: blue partridge? only without the concentric pencillinq what genes do that!!!!