The Dorking Breeders thread

[Yellow House Farm]

Must be said they are rather nice as heritage fowl go. In theory they need to be bigger, but the trick is doing that with more muscle than with bone.

 

[FallingSkies]

This is for yellow house farm. I am glad you actually do talk to people even if it is on here as I have left 5 messages for you to call me back about buying some and never even recieved accurtesy call to say wether you had none or not. Nice to know this is the type of person in my backyard

 

[Yellow House Farm]

Wow, pretty intense. Well, when it comes down to it, we both work extra hours and run everything here. Phone messages don't always get communicated one to the other because we're juggling so much. I know in this current clime people are used to instant service and Wal-Mart quality 24 hours availability, but that's not the reality of the private breeder. Between a full time career, graduate school, and an extensive, high-volume hatching season I'm out straight.

If it is at all a consolation, I am seriously considering the discontinuation of shipping chicks at all for the very reason that many of the folks ordering do not understand that we do not do it to make money, which we do not, but rather to support the breeds. We make absolutely zero claims for our "customer service" department. Usually we just hit the pillow hoping we did the best we could.

Good luck in search. Please forgive the kind of person I am.

 

[dsstroyer]

Thanks for the reply on the age, please keep up the good work getting these wonderful birds out to us. We can't please everyone, just continue to do what you guys do, we really appreciate it.

 

[Yellow House Farm]

Thanks for the reply on the age, please keep up the good work getting these wonderful birds out to us. We can't please everyone, just continue to do what you guys do, we really appreciate it.

Thank you for your kind word. We discussed it over pizza--a naughty Friday evening treat, and we have decided to no longer take any poultry inquiries via the phone. They're just too hard to keep up with, and the only time we really have to keep up with them is later in the evening when we're not sure if it is kosher to call and we're too tired to do so anyways. Working solely on-line the requisite space for the one minute response.

This actually comes with excellent timing. I am just finishing up correcting this semester's final exams, and I am committed to relaxing this summer. I have been considering were to cut.

Good night everyone.

 

[Sydney Acres]

This is for yellow house farm. I am glad you actually do talk to people even if it is on here as I have left 5 messages for you to call me back about buying some and never even recieved accurtesy call to say wether you had none or not. Nice to know this is the type of person in my backyard

Oh dear! Falling Skies, as a "New Egg," it appears that no one has introduced you to the PM feature of BYC. PM stands for Private Message. It is used when you would like to say something privately to someone, either because it is not of public interest, or especially if it is something that is inappropriate to post on a public thread. You can access this feature by hovering your cursor over the recipient's name, and a list of options will automatically come up.

This thread is not for the public display of your dissatisfaction with a private breeder's policy. Did you think that anyone on this thread would take your side and ridicule YHF with you?? We all know what it's like to have a "TO DO" list with 200 things on it, and only 24 hours in a day.

While it is somewhat rude to give people advice that was not asked for, it appears that there are some important points in your quest for Dorkings that you have not yet discovered. If you want quality products, whether it's good animal stock or good food, you need patience. It takes time to prepare a meal from a top notch restaurant, but what you get won't taste like fast food. And it takes time to establish yourself with a good bird breeder, but what you get won't be hatchery quality. If you want hatchery service, buy from them. But if you want breeder quality birds, accept that real breeders don't have time to provide both top quality stock and top quality customer service departments. Pick one -- because nobody has both. And please learn to use the PM feature for private complaints.

 

[MacCana]

Yellow house farm, do you happen to have any pictures of White Dorkings as chicks? When they're still fuzzy?

 

[Yellow House Farm]

Yellow house farm, do you happen to have any pictures of White Dorkings as chicks? When they're still fuzzy?

Nothing particularly good but look for the white/cream-colored chicks:

 

[MacCana]

Nothing particularly good but look for the white/cream-colored chicks:

They're absolutely beautiful. I'm fairly certain that's not what I have though. If you have the time, up a few posts is a pic of the dorks I was shipped. Was hoping the 2 lightest ones would be white dorks, but they don't have the coloration yours do...

 

[MacCana]

Sorry, didn't mean to double-post!