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Hi Kim! Go to google books, and do a search for Dorkings. Many things are going to come up. The job will be piecing it all together. In a nutshell:
There is sepculative history and then more reliable, relatively recent history.
Speculatively, the Dorking comes from the Roman...
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New Dorking chicks... red boy, and SG girl. With a Black Copper Maran boy and Splash Silkie mom. I think next year I'm going to let my broodies do ALL the work.
TORI!!! WOO HOO! They are precious!
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Hey Nic - are you feeding anything specific to help with there immune systems?
Nope, they all were free ranging, in the cow pastures, on regular layer feed, mixed w/24% chick starter 1:1 ratio.
Wonder if it was all the cow pies?
Always interesting when Creation "magically" takes...
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So??? How'd it go? Any pics to share?
Oh dang, I left yall hanging didn't I
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Got 2 "sports" from the WD eggs. One Buff splotched and one that...
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Cracked open a dorking egg for breakfast yesterday, and to my surprise, it looks fertile!! After an entire year of infertile eggs, now that the incubator is officially turned off for the season, they're fertile. (I'm going to throw a couple in anyway, just to see.... )...
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Hear hear! Totally agree! I've been in Arabian Horses for 25+ years, and I am tired of horses that can win a halter class, that you could not ride thru the woods on a trail ride or enjoy having in your backyard.
I am of the SAME mind set with the Dorkings. They need to be useful...
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Kim - They are LOVELY! I Lucky - what a handsome guy :-) I think I've seen your videos out on You Tube :-)
We have eggs from Jeanne in the bator right now - VERY excited about them!
good luck with your BROODIES! :-)
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Ok - consider them spoken for - Linds and I will come get them!
We just need to figure out schedules and such - I'll email you with possible dates...
Too late, I gave them to a local school who is wanting to work with rare breeds. We finalized this just today... Sorry guys...
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You are just BEGGING me to drive that far - aren't you???
Let me think about it, and talk with Linds, one more road trip for GOOD Dorkings may be in our future!
LOL, you are funny... They need a great home so I won't discourage you.
Ok - consider them spoken for - Linds and I will...
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You are just BEGGING me to drive that far - aren't you???
Let me think about it, and talk with Linds, one more road trip for GOOD Dorkings may be in our future!
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Nicole--- If you send me your email addy, I'll forward you the newsletter. There's also great articles by Craig Russel & our own TOLchick, Jen!
The Preservation Project is indeed Noah's brainchild. BTW -- He got a President's Education Award last week!
YAY NOAH!!!! On Renee - you...
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I think most of the lines have roots long ago. Unfortunately, no one really know what they are because the breed history has become obscure on this side of the pond. There are actually several lines that have been kept up rather well. Roger Tice's Reds. Jeanie ________ (don't know last...
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Hey Nicole! Welcome to "THE CLUB"
It's hard not to fall in love with the Dorking, as we will all concur!
Renee up in Syracuse is working on Cuckoos & Coloreds, and has birds from Ed, so you could hook up with her on details. Lindsay & I are in Michigan, and working on coloreds...
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We are a bit obsessed... I have a sweet story... I haven't given much attention to my birds this year and when I go out they all tend to run for the hills of course unless I have food then they run TO me. Tonight, I'm sitting on the coop floor... lol... and one of the girls about 4...
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Welcome to the "dorking obsessed" club! Love to see that I am not the ONLY ONE who sits on the floor of her (his) coop!
Your girls are lovely :-)