B.Y.C. Dorking Club!

[welly]

You kidding me ol man winter left the east coast no snow no cold oh yea it's coming yea right.

 

[ki4got]

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Don't laugh I have a fresh bail of hay just in case.I was hoping for a smaller breeder that ships less than 25.I am going nuts looking I don't see much talk about this breed.

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Ok how about another I just can't do 25 peepers my wife will have me sleeping under the coop.

well, i recommend a minimum of 25, that way you can keep the best for breeding and eat the rest... they are quite tasty. 8)

but for hatchery, i'd say murray mcmurray has the best quality for sg dorkings. and i can't remember the name of the person (people) in new england myself either.

 

[BlackPanther]

Welly, I don't recall the Murray McMurray order limit with absolute certainty at this exact moment, but I believe it is also twenty-five.
The Ideal Hatchery order limit is $25.
Therefore, I think it is reasonable to say that you could order either eight females or ten straight run, judging by their prices. By all means, get more or combine the gender-arrangements (for lack of a better word.)

I know I have heard some people say not to order from Ideal, to order from Sandhill instead, but I have also heard that the Ideal Dorkings have great type and that often you'll get Sandhill stock with green legs and other abnormalities. (If you guys have some more information on this, pleased add. Also, I have no idea what Sandhill prices are.)

Hope this helps!

 

[BlackPanther]

Another thing, Welly:

If the weather turns colder before Ideal ships your Dorking chicks, they may fill the box with what people on here refer to as "packing peanuts" -- male chicks of some usual breed such as black sex-link, to keep your chicks warm and otherwise make sure you don't get a box of dead Dorkings. So if events conspire, you may get a box of twenty-five peepers anyway!

 

[capayvalleychick]

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• Location: Champlain Valley, Vermont

This is the breeder that has the nice Dorkings. Her farm name is Hill House.

 

[pysankigirl]

So I was kinda depressed about losing my Dorking Roo, but I knew that silver-grey wasn’t where my heart was…it was just all I could find last spring when I started looking for Dorkings. Several Weeks ago when someone on here said that Craig Russell had colored Dorkings, I decided to call him.

The guy has huge enthusiasm. He had lost most of his stock from a varmint of some kind . But he was so willing to help me find some stock and as of a Month ago, agreed to bring down some Red Roosters on his way by for some show.

Well he called me again today and said he found a couple of typey hens for me too! He was talking about all kinds of colors I’ve never even heard of…different types of reds: Evidently the Stippled red that everyone knows and loves is not the only one. There is a “clay” red (no stippling) and the dark red (with the melanized borders around the feathers?) and there are different greys, too. A slate gray that sounded really pretty. And combinations. So it sounds like there are a lot more different color genes out there to play with in dorkings than I realized. Whatever he ends up bringing me will determine which way I go from here, but I was psyched to find out how many variations still (& already) exist without the need for outcrossing.

 

[Rockashelle]

So I was kinda depressed about losing my Dorking Roo, but I knew that silver-grey wasn’t where my heart was…it was just all I could find last spring when I started looking for Dorkings.  Several Weeks ago when someone on here said that Craig Russell had colored Dorkings, I decided to call him.

The guy has huge enthusiasm.  He had lost most of his stock from a varmint of some kind .  But he was so willing to help me find some stock and as of a Month ago, agreed to bring down some Red Roosters on his way by for some show.    

Well he called me again today and said he found a couple of typey hens for me too!  He was talking about all kinds of colors I’ve never even heard of…different types of reds:  Evidently the Stippled red that everyone knows and loves is not the only one.  There is a “clay” red (no stippling) and the dark red (with the melanized borders around the feathers?) and there are different greys, too.  A slate gray that sounded really pretty.  And combinations.  So it sounds like there are a lot more different color genes out there to play with in dorkings than I realized.  Whatever he ends up bringing me will determine which way I go from here, but I was psyched to find out how many variations still (& already) exist without the need for outcrossing.

Lucky you! How exciting!

 

[CFellows]

Hello my name is Tina and I am looking into finding a good meat type bird that I can keep breeding stock of and raise my own meat birds every year. I have heard that dorkings are the original meat bird and are still a good choice for homesteaders who want to be self reliant. I was wondering if anyone who has the breed could give me there two cents on the topic. Thank you all so much for your time and input.

 

[alisar]

Here's a silver grey dorking girl from Ideal Poultry - 3 1/2 months old.
The other ones I had have some sort of barring going on with them and don't have a salmon breast. This girl doesn't have a salmon breast either, but at least she's in the right direction. And there was a range of growth, this girl got the biggest very quick.


I'm sad, I went to take pictures of the two I kept, this one and a terrible spangled looking one but super sweet. Looks like she got picked off by a hawk this afternoon.

 

[cukooformarans]

Wow! She looks big to me for 3 1/2 months! Is that typical? Does anybody have any information on typical weights at different ages? I know it will vary based on variety and strain, but for you breeders out there, what type of growth are you selecting for??