B.Y.C. Dorking Club!

[tgrlily]

Quote:
Absolutely adorable!!!!

I don't have a clue how to sex them!
There's a person in the Official DBC & the yahoo goup who has a few. Maybe she knows how to sex them?

 

[TOL Chick]

Quote:
SOOO? How did they do? Does she like them?

 

[TOL Chick]

Quote:
Absolutely adorable!!!!

I don't have a clue how to sex them!
There's a person in the Official DBC & the yahoo goup who has a few. Maybe she knows how to sex them?

How can you not WANT ALL OF THEM?

I can't wait for my own to get here!!! Next Friday the hatch starts

 

[tazcat70]

Quote:
Ok, I want to be put on that list now.... I LOVE Crele!

 

[tazcat70]

Since barring is sex linked, I would say the most with white are the boys. How long were you on Sandhills list for them?

 

[floridamama]

hope these pictures pull up sorry for the crappy shots

this is side view of the long weird toe with "ant bite" look


bottom view of the "weird"toe


this is yet another chick with "5" and "4" toes at the same time


here is a final shot of toes

this is the average spacing on the birds with the "normal" 5 toes.


I have seen pictures of others dorkings and the ones I have hatched out do not look the same on toes... Most look like "silkie feet" while the ones that are here look like a long talon with a callus or ant bite on them were the 5 toe is suppose to of been. My hubby is starting to think I got took on these eggs, I don't want to think that....all I know is I was told they were dorkings saw pictures of the parents and got the eggs and had some healthy chicks but they have "weird" toes (not the right amount/spacing)

 

[rtroxel]

I have seen pictures of others dorkings and the ones I have hatched out do not look the same on toes... Most look like "silkie feet" while the ones that are here look like a long talon with a callus or ant bite on them were the 5 toe is suppose to of been. My hubby is starting to think I got took on these eggs, I don't want to think that....all I know is I was told they were dorkings saw pictures of the parents and got the eggs and had some healthy chicks but they have "weird" toes (not the right amount/spacing)

I'm not an expert, but sometimes a bird is genetically 5 toed and only has 4 toes. The fourth usually looks like a fifth toe. I've seen it on an adult and it looked just like that. I would say that that bird is likely genetically 5 toed and would breed offspring with 5 toes but for some reason phenotypically only expressed the 4 toes. Interesting pics.

Any other thoughts?​

 

[Yellow House Farm]

Quote:
Absolutely adorable!!!!

I don't have a clue how to sex them!
There's a person in the Official DBC & the yahoo goup who has a few. Maybe she knows how to sex them?

The whites are whites. All black should be females. Black with white dot should be males. Sounds like a cool adventure!

 

[Yellow House Farm]

Quote:
I hope all is well. I do this often, always at night. With Dorking broodies, I've never had a problem. With Cubalaya females, I have had some fiercely defensive (good) mammas refuse chicks they did not hatch themselves.

 

[Yellow House Farm]

Quote:
Nice! You should be able to sex them by their coloring. The males should have a thin stripe in the crown of their head while the females will have a wide stripe.