ok, well, while we're at it...
an update of what i've got available now...
mille fleur cochin - tho 2 went broody so far, cross fingers the other 2 don't! - i've got 3 chicks hatched so far (not for sale yet), and one pair growing out, available now. also 2 buff columbian girls split mille fleur, with a roo or 2 to match.
Silver grey dorkings - 1 adult pair available. some 2 week old chicks also available now. no eggs unless you want mixed color (red and sg together) with a possible EE in the mix now and then. (tho the dorking roos do NOT like him near their girls LOL)
EE/dorking eggs available 24x7. i get at least 2-3 a day from 4 girls. they have never gone broody on me (knock on wood) and lay quite well. chicks from this cross will be fairly fast growing and LARGE, usually with 5 toes, pea comb, and typical dorking shape and stance (long bodied for good breast and back meat). colors will vary depending on the hen/roo combo. i've got red and silver roos, each EE hen is unique. so there's no predicting what'll happen.
2 mature buff orpington girls. laying well. their sister has gone broody (and is an awesome momma), but not these 2. (yet)
then i've got 20-30 assorted chicks. possibly EE cross, some may be part wyandotte or orp, most are at least half dorking (some pure mixed in too i'm sure). one is a "pure" ee. (aka oxymoron?) and is crested like his daddy 'Weeble'. very cute.
I plan to have most, if not all of my available birds with me at the swap in Christiansburg this saturday, from 8am to noon(ish)
i may also have at least 1 silver laced cochin (rooster) with me.
my blrw have been penned for a bit over a week now, and i set 4 eggs, from yesterday and today, this afternoon. waiting to see how the roo does at his 'job'. not sure these will be pure, but i can cross fingers and see how they develop.
once the mutts are gone, i don't plan on hatching any more (except EEs) again this year. I should have my breeding pens done by the end of the month (saying prayers for good weather!) and once they're laying for a couple weeks will start alternating hatches between the pens weekly. (with distinct enough differences to know who's who at least - the dorkings, cochins and wyandottes should be easy to tell apart, it's the EE's that cause all kinds of problems, since they may be any part of anything. LOL