B.Y.C. Dorking Club!

[capayvalleychick]

I guess the whites I have carry the cuckoo gene. I think its interesting that a solid white male and a solid white female could produce cuckoo birds which happened to me.

Where did you get these Whites?

Two girls have started laying!

Great! Now they are paying their keep.

 

[ki4got]

Cuckoo is a recognized variety in the Standard. I would like to know if your white female has no cuckoo gene and you breed her to a Silver Grey what would the offspring would look like?
I guess the whites I have carry the cuckoo gene. I think its interesting that a solid white male and a solid white female could produce cuckoo birds which happened to me.

it could be dominant white, which is heterozygous on both birds, in which case, if the chick got the non=white gene from both parents it wouldn't be white, but if the parets are throwing non-whites, i'm wondering what else was mixed in...

 

[Jwhip]

I purchased 2 trios from Ed Hart. He is the one that told me that a Silver Grey over the white produced half cuckoo birds. I know he used a Silver Grey on this whites. So that is why I think I am hatching cuckoo birds.

 

[heritagehabitatfarms]

are the ones u hatching straight comb or rose???

I purchased 2 trios from Ed Hart. He is the one that told me that a Silver Grey over the white produced half cuckoo birds. I know he used a Silver Grey on this whites. So that is why I think I am hatching cuckoo birds.

 

[Jwhip]

A few sc and the rest were rose comb

 

[heritagehabitatfarms]

are you keeping them for breeding???

A few sc and the rest were rose comb

 

[Jwhip]

I just sold em for layers and the males I think went into there freezer. I'm sure I will hatch more next year.

 

[SonomaRoost]

Any idea of where I can get Silver Dorking hatching eggs? Thanks

 

[ki4got]

unfortunately my entire flock is either moulting, on strike, or hiding their eggs so well even the dogs can't find them.17 dorking girls, i collected 2 eggs today.

 

[capayvalleychick]

Any idea of where I can get Silver Dorking hatching eggs? Thanks

Hi,

You are only a couple hours away from me. Are you going to breed or will these be for a backyard flock?

I ask because I have some chicks, a pullet and some hens that are not breeding quality, but would be fine for a backyard flock.