Posted in Chickens, tagged chicks, Silver Dorking on September 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Whilst I was away some of my Silver Dorking chicks hatched
In the end I only ended up with six eggs as the seller who I bought the second half a dozen from chickens stopped laying. When I candled the eggs at twelve days then five out of the six seemed to [...]
Posted in Chickens, tagged broody, Chicken, Silver Dorking on August 29, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Mrs Dorking has gone broody, she’s been sitting tight for about four days now, so this evening she has been moved to her own little hutch where she can be left in peace away from the other hens who want to lay eggs (or not as is more the truth.)
It is the first time that [...]
Posted in Chickens, Poultry, tagged Chickens, chicks, incubator, Silver Dorking on August 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
There is another Silver Dorking egg hatched in the incubator, we’ve moved the last chicks that were left in our room outside a few weeks ago.
It had become so normal to have one kind of bird or chick, quail, gosling, etc. making a noise in the room that I almost didn’t even realise when I heard [...]
Posted in Chickens, tagged Chickens, Eggs, Silver Dorking on July 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The oldest of the Silver Dorking chicks is looking very cockerel like, but as they are sex-linked chicks I’m not really surprised. Still it would have been nice to be wrong, if that one is a cockerel then so is the other so no hen chick for the minute. There are a few more eggs [...]
Posted in Chickens, tagged chicks, Silver Dorking on May 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I think it is almost time to give up on the Silver Dorking eggs that I have in my new incubator, something should of happened by now.
I’m disappointed, I was really looking forward to having chicks and the start of building up my flock
Posted in Chickens, tagged Chicken, Eggs, hatching, pure breed, Richard Dorking, Silver Dorking on November 30, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Ever since I took over the pen of chickens that I’ve been looking after I’ve wanted to try breeding pure Silver Dorkings or Marsh Daisys, I’ve spent hours on eBay looking at hatching eggs and going through poultry forums for sale lists. I’ve even almost arranged buying eggs but whenever I’ve been able to hatch [...]
