The Dorking Breeders thread

[MacCana]

Here's my oddball. Really cute, but really short neck feathering, and different coloring.

 

[MacCana]

 

[capayvalleychick]

Cute, yes, but not like any Dorking I've ever seen. Almost looks like a poult. Even his wing shape looks odd.

 

[MacCana]

Oh my God, I think you're right! The little thing looks just like what images I'm pulling up. It's blowing my mind right now, because this is my first time ordering any live animal & it's unexpected. If it is, how long can I house it with the chicks? I'm going on vacation in 2 days and my husband will be caring for them. Let me go grab some pictures of the other ones & you tell me what you think? You obviously have more experience with Dorkings than I do & have probably seen the chicks of more colors than I have.

 

[LindaB220]

I am curious as well. What part of Arkansas are you located? ~ north or south would be specific enough

I'll be landing in north Louisiana this fall.

M

I didn't know that. Yea!!!! I'm out of Shreveport myself. 20 mil east. Are you moving here?

 

[kimberly35042]

That's either a poult or a guinea keet.

 

[ki4got]

ROFL that's not a dorking. it's a turkey.

 

[MacCana]

Yeah, I realized that as soon as capavalleychick said it looked like a poult. Which, I didn't even know was the term for baby turkeys :/ .....and I'm supposed to be southern lol. The rest don't look like that one though. I *know* they're chicks. I plan on posting their picture as soon as I can get my little one to sleep. She always wants to kiss and hug on them, but they've traveled a long way in the past 2 days, so I don't want her handling them yet. Here's a picture of my Murray hatchery line Silver-Grey chicks I took on our way in the house earlier...hatched them myself

 

[MacCana]

I also keep reading how the pullets have the darker heads with the dark eyeliner, but they're almost all obviously getting black feathers on their chests like the cockerels. Anyone else noticed this with the Murray Mcmurray line chicks?

 

[MacCana]

Here's a picture of the California dorkings. I was sent different color strains. What do you all think?