B.Y.C. Dorking Club!

[vnsseed]

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or more coops!

It looks like we have some Red Dorking hatching eggs coming our way!!

I can't wait to get them in the incubator.

 

[tgrlily]

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or more coops!

It looks like we have some Red Dorking hatching eggs coming our way!!

I can't wait to get them in the incubator.

Sweet!!!

My White & Colored Dorking eggs should come either today or tomorrow.

My Reds from Jen are due to hatch monday... I can't wait to meet them! Then the SGs 10 days later.

My DH just keeps adding breeding pens!

He was going to only build two more, but he loves our new Dominiques.

 

[vnsseed]

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or more coops!

It looks like we have some Red Dorking hatching eggs coming our way!!

I can't wait to get them in the incubator.

Sweet!!!

My White & Colored Dorking eggs should come either today or tomorrow.

My Reds from Jen are due to hatch monday... I can't wait to meet them! Then the SGs 10 days later.

My DH just keeps adding breeding pens!

He was going to only build two more, but he loves our new Dominiques.

I would still like to get some from someone else

We definitely have to talk, we raise Dominiques as well.

 

[tgrlily]

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Sweet!!!

My White & Colored Dorking eggs should come either today or tomorrow.

My Reds from Jen are due to hatch monday... I can't wait to meet them! Then the SGs 10 days later.

My DH just keeps adding breeding pens!

He was going to only build two more, but he loves our new Dominiques.

I would still like to get some from someone else

We definitely have to talk, we raise Dominiques as well.

I hear ya! Jen's will be my third line of Red Dorkings.

Trying to make "Super-Dorking" here!

I actually got the Dominiques for a Cuckoo Dorking project. My original plan was to keep the boys, but John likes them, so I'm keeping the best of the dozen I bought. Down to 3 boys & 6 girls so far.

 

[Mervin]

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Welome to my obsession! There are a bunch of us here similarly infected by the Dorking bug, so you're in good company!

There are many Dorking colors that are not accepted by the APA, so they're non-standard colors. That doesn't make them any less Dorking. The Dorking has been around for over 2000 years - there have been many colors over those years!

Our Red Dorkings came from Terri, whose ebay auction you posted. Her other current auction is for light colored Dorkings. Noah's faorite hen, Akasha, is one of Terri's "light grey" Dorkings & she is a sweetie! She appears to be incomplete columbian with a patterned gene -- that's the closest I could come to her type in the Chicken Calculator. The last chicks hatched from her are feathering in with really interesting patterns, but I want to see what she produces. I can't wait to try her with other colors, like white & Silver Grey. I may order more light Dorkings from Terri, to see if maybe I'll get a cuckoo out of the batch!

Have you checked out the Official Dorking Breeders Club or the Yahoo Dorking group, yet? They're not yet as active as the BYC club, but we're trying to change that. I'm now moderating the yahoo group & have my hat in the ring for VP of the official DBC. I check in on both sites a few times a day. As more people get into Dorkings, the groups should get more active, but you will find some really good info already on the official site.

Similar to YT's question...How do you feel about these?

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I really like the looks of the Rooster in the ad. I'm looking for a heavy-bodied, Rose or Pea-combed breed that lays well and can be colorful. It may be a roll-your-own kind of thing (would love to see mottling in there). But this guy might be somewhere to start. I was just curious from the Dorking perspective.

 

[TOL Chick]

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woo hoo - I knew we could find her a happy home Way to go Mother of all Dorkings! lol

Gonna change the title under my name to "Dorking Yenta" I think!!!!

Yes, I do believe that is appropriate. I'm willing to be Deputy Yenta if you like

 

[tgrlily]

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Welome to my obsession! There are a bunch of us here similarly infected by the Dorking bug, so you're in good company!

There are many Dorking colors that are not accepted by the APA, so they're non-standard colors. That doesn't make them any less Dorking. The Dorking has been around for over 2000 years - there have been many colors over those years!

Our Red Dorkings came from Terri, whose ebay auction you posted. Her other current auction is for light colored Dorkings. Noah's faorite hen, Akasha, is one of Terri's "light grey" Dorkings & she is a sweetie! She appears to be incomplete columbian with a patterned gene -- that's the closest I could come to her type in the Chicken Calculator. The last chicks hatched from her are feathering in with really interesting patterns, but I want to see what she produces. I can't wait to try her with other colors, like white & Silver Grey. I may order more light Dorkings from Terri, to see if maybe I'll get a cuckoo out of the batch!

Have you checked out the Official Dorking Breeders Club or the Yahoo Dorking group, yet? They're not yet as active as the BYC club, but we're trying to change that. I'm now moderating the yahoo group & have my hat in the ring for VP of the official DBC. I check in on both sites a few times a day. As more people get into Dorkings, the groups should get more active, but you will find some really good info already on the official site.

Similar to YT's question...How do you feel about these?

auction

I really like the looks of the Rooster in the ad. I'm looking for a heavy-bodied, Rose or Pea-combed breed that lays well and can be colorful. It may be a roll-your-own kind of thing (would love to see mottling in there). But this guy might be somewhere to start. I was just curious from the Dorking perspective.

I like him too! I believe she got her original stock from Terri. They're beautiful & I'm also tempted. Right now I'm working on certain colors, so I have to refrain. It's a good price as well! Mine came from an order of Red & an order of light colored Dorkings.

 

[floridamama]

just found this thread.... I'm reading the older posts haven't caught up just yet. But I did have a question about dorkings. I got some eggs and they finally hatched out and I have some weird litttle toes

more then the normal for them. I have 1 maybe 2 that have toes like I have seen with nice spacing (5 toes) now ALL the others look like they have an ant bite on their extremely long toes. Why would this happen? and How would it affect the next generation? do I cull all of the "weird" toed ones? Did I get mixed stock, or is it normal for the oddity? Any help with this Thanks

 

[tgrlily]

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Gonna change the title under my name to "Dorking Yenta" I think!!!!

Yes, I do believe that is appropriate. I'm willing to be Deputy Yenta if you like

There can & should be more than one Yenta! It's a big country!

 

[tgrlily]

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Can you take pics of the weird toes? I'm sure we can help!