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I don't believe Rudy Troxel is doing Red Dorkings any more- I was in touch with him last year and within a month of when I contacted him, he had sold most of his flock to someone else and was in the process of selling the remainder... As I recall, he said he was looking to concentrate more on...

Yep, he was one of the first chicks I got from you, I believe it was late Feb around the 26th. I picked them up in mid-March and he hadn't yet gotten coloring in on his breast feathers. I have several pictures of him along the way, would be interesting to see how he's developed over time, if I...

Yep, thanks Karen for replying about the chicks! ;) These are form eggs I got from Karen (KI4GOT) and I'll have to take another look at them to see what I've got, the flock was still mixed colors at the time I got the eggs, but I know I have at least the one red pullet in there (the other...

Here are the pictures shortly after hatch, and I inserted comments on who turned out to be who above each picture: Quote: Some are fairly obvious but others not so much! You could look at some of these and see if your flecks/no flecks rule would be applicable, but of course it's a different...

That one had a somewhat narrow stripe on the head, mostly reddish brown (as opposed to darker markings you'd typically see on females) with only the point of the marking having a dark spot. There were others in the clutch with similar markings, only having darkness at the tip of the head stripe...

Interesting... I'll have to keep this in mind and test it out... so far my numbers of chicks are small, but I've had 2 surprises (1 I thought was male turned out to be female, and 1 I swore was female turned out to be male) based on the head markings. Can you post pictures comparing the two...

Yes, you can sex them a hatch, but it's not quite 100%... you can google "sexing day old dorkings" and there will be some comparative pictures. Feathersite also has a couple pictures to show it. Basically the females will have a much darker, sharply defined dark stripe on top of their heads...

Hmmmmm to my inexperienced eye, I think it looks like at least 2 or 3 females and at least 1 definite male, the one with his back to us... a few are hard to tell for sure from this angle, and I've certainly been wrong myself... ;) Hard to be patient till those breast feathers come in, eh??? ;)

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wow, that looks like it will be a nice setup!

We had planned to do curtains for years and never got around to *doing* it... I'm thinking I might still give them a try in combination with the closable nesting boxes we have now...

Ugh... One of my pet peeves. Sleeping in the nesting boxes. I've FOREVER moved hens out of the nests and onto the roosts at night. So stinkin sick of poopy eggs!! For a short while we actually had our nesting boxes on the outside of our roosting area, and no one was interested in sleeping in...

Bummer!!!! So frustrating... fingers crossed for the sfh egg to hatch... thinking pullet thoughts... ;) Our 7 dorking chicks are down to 6, the smallest one didnt' show up at dusk last night and no sign of her today... she was one of only two females out of the 7, so poo. :( Mama hen quit...

Yep, apparently both of us got sg Dorkings from McMurray's June 3rd hatch, and both ended up with crooked toes... :/

Too cute!!! Looks like Sunny is outnumbered... lol Got my first egg from one of your chicks today!!! Just about exactly 5 months old! I suspect it is from one of the two buff orpington x dorking girls, as it's definitely pink/very light brown, but we're thrilled! Naturally the dorking...

Yep, that's the plan... lol now just to actually DO it, that's another matter! ;)

Isn't that funny, I have 5 cockerels and 3 pullets... :) From the same June 3 batch! Only one crooked toe though! lol Wonder if they have a bad hen/rooster throwing that into the mix... I have noticed my pullets are all noticeably smaller than the cockerels, even at this young age, but they...

Thanks for the input, I've just been quite surprised at the differences between some of these cockerels! They'll all be kept until at least 6 months for further evaluation, I might try to go ahead and mark these more mature looking ones so I'll be able to tell who they are down the line... now...

I've been meaning to post pictures for a while now and just got around to it- I have 5 SG Dorking cockerels from McMurray, hatched 6/3 so about 7-8 weeks old. 2 or 3 of them have big huge red combs and wattles coming along, and the other boys have much paler combs, less development of the...

True, that's what I've found as well, most people are just looking for eggs... And I've been very pleased with the "culls" I got from you! lol The oldest batch will be 6 months at the end of next month, and I'm hoping to post pictures and get input on who is good and who is not, since I...