https://www.esterrunfarm.com/blog-3 daily 0.75 2025-01-28 https://www.esterrunfarm.com/blog-3/the-dorking-and-i-1 monthly 0.5 2025-02-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617fe2bb5c77bf3915efbde6/35af3445-dd2e-4777-82ca-a503e4df95fa/White+Dorkings+Ferguson.jpeg The Farm Journal - The Dorking and I - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.esterrunfarm.com/blog-3/the-dorking-and-i monthly 0.5 2025-01-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617fe2bb5c77bf3915efbde6/fa2fc055-299c-40fc-9ebb-c0b16afd9926/Screenshot+Colored+dorking.png The Farm Journal - The Dorking and I - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.esterrunfarm.com/blog-3/dorkings-in-the-1940s-kitchen monthly 0.5 2022-08-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617fe2bb5c77bf3915efbde6/b310e707-332b-4dcb-91b6-cc51265ae044/USDA+Classes+of+Dressed+Chickens+1940.jpg The Farm Journal - Dorkings in the 1940’s Kitchen - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617fe2bb5c77bf3915efbde6/ee1b15cd-4214-4b12-90ac-095e640dd69d/Better+Homes+and+Garden+CookBook+1940.jpg The Farm Journal - Dorkings in the 1940’s Kitchen - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617fe2bb5c77bf3915efbde6/cd19f964-70b2-4219-890b-333d74c87fc6/Roast+Chicken+Recipe.jpg The Farm Journal - Dorkings in the 1940’s Kitchen - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617fe2bb5c77bf3915efbde6/1661955852902-4KNER30VZSFN5GT014S1/Dark+Grey+Pullet+1.jpg The Farm Journal - Dorkings in the 1940’s Kitchen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617fe2bb5c77bf3915efbde6/1661955883950-ZOTMX4NKZS7KCJ8WVS67/Colored+Dorking+Cock+2021.jpg The Farm Journal - Dorkings in the 1940’s Kitchen https://www.esterrunfarm.com/blog-3/summer-thoughts monthly 0.5 2022-07-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617fe2bb5c77bf3915efbde6/1658319264450-ZRPAIUAPW58Z2SDTW8TW/Colored+Dorking+Cockerel+2022.jpg The Farm Journal - Summer Thoughts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617fe2bb5c77bf3915efbde6/1658319275671-F1MKA0O4VSE705AROCN8/Cuckoo+Dorking+Pullet+2022.jpg The Farm Journal - Summer Thoughts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617fe2bb5c77bf3915efbde6/1658319286375-BM8F58XJJBFMRVACML6H/Slate+Red+Dorking+Cockerel+2022.jpg The Farm Journal - Summer Thoughts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617fe2bb5c77bf3915efbde6/1658319336332-R83IKA702PNAVU9OJOXU/Three+Grey+Pullets+2.jpg The Farm Journal - Summer Thoughts https://www.esterrunfarm.com/blog-3/hair-feathers-in-dorkings monthly 0.5 2022-07-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617fe2bb5c77bf3915efbde6/a55c5dc9-eb0a-4374-8e3a-a2b3f30ac54e/Hair+Feathers+2.png The Farm Journal - Hair Feathers in Dorkings - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617fe2bb5c77bf3915efbde6/a2574ec7-f1ee-49e0-bf84-4854306f0c9d/Hair+feathers.jpg The Farm Journal - Hair Feathers in Dorkings - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.esterrunfarm.com/blog-3/coq-au-vin monthly 0.5 2022-03-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617fe2bb5c77bf3915efbde6/1647805712230-BUGEPNAO6UGEU6SON9IK/367203_035.jpg The Farm Journal - Coq au Vin Blanc https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617fe2bb5c77bf3915efbde6/1647805730021-7CBGZTS2P4EOJYNQSDKO/367203_020.jpg The Farm Journal - Coq au Vin Blanc https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617fe2bb5c77bf3915efbde6/1647805737659-JHZ9XLLHEHI99GHPE1PL/Dark+Dorking+Cock.jpg The Farm Journal - Coq au Vin Blanc https://www.esterrunfarm.com/blog-3/culling-dorking-chickens-part-ii monthly 0.5 2022-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617fe2bb5c77bf3915efbde6/1644158021179-V4V6L6EF5AC9WA0R33C3/367203_014.jpg The Farm Journal - Culling and what to do with those Culls -part II https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617fe2bb5c77bf3915efbde6/1644158050446-0C3VLBHL6PZE960W966I/367203_019.jpg The Farm Journal - Culling and what to do with those Culls -part II https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617fe2bb5c77bf3915efbde6/1644158119209-JO4RHA9BJOQTAN979HT9/367201_031.jpg The Farm Journal - Culling and what to do with those Culls -part II https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617fe2bb5c77bf3915efbde6/1644158270616-0P220MHRCZWO5C5H25PR/367203_021.jpg The Farm Journal - Culling and what to do with those Culls -part II https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617fe2bb5c77bf3915efbde6/1644158325199-R370IXLB3F8ZUCJPFHIL/367201_023.jpg The Farm Journal - Culling and what to do with those Culls -part II https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617fe2bb5c77bf3915efbde6/1644158294462-H0YR3ZO2B4HWCRAPIWBX/367203_009.jpg The Farm Journal - Culling and what to do with those Culls -part II https://www.esterrunfarm.com/blog-3/culling-and-what-to-do-with-those-culls monthly 0.5 2022-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617fe2bb5c77bf3915efbde6/1643723056046-BSJ9YQVYP5L6BNQMJ5L6/367203_030.jpg The Farm Journal - Culling, and What to Do With those Culls - Make it stand out Young Black, Colored, Mottled, and Red Pyle Dorkings, and a random Rhode Island White Photo Credit- Katie Carothers https://www.esterrunfarm.com/blog-3/the-controversial-black-dorking monthly 0.5 2022-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617fe2bb5c77bf3915efbde6/66175fe0-84cf-47ea-9184-198cc5edd4b3/20191201_170308+%282%29.jpg The Farm Journal - The Controversial Black Dorking - Make it stand out A beautiful Black Dorking pullet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617fe2bb5c77bf3915efbde6/8a412a5b-680e-4c44-921d-ad18ca81e1a9/20191201_163004+%282%29.jpg The Farm Journal - The Controversial Black Dorking - Make it stand out Black Dorking Cock showing the white smut that comes with clean white legs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617fe2bb5c77bf3915efbde6/e8a73372-845d-4c0c-9d69-7ef989feb2ec/20191201_162937_HDR+%282%29.jpg The Farm Journal - The Controversial Black Dorking - Make it stand out Black Dorking Cockerel with clean, jet black plumage and dark legs. https://www.esterrunfarm.com/blog-3/winter-radishes-and-what-to-do-in-january monthly 0.5 2022-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617fe2bb5c77bf3915efbde6/e9dd840b-2e7c-49b5-ba11-7589e348ae79/Winter+Radish.jpg The Farm Journal - Winter Radishes and what to do in January. - Make it stand out ‘China Rose’ Winter Radish. https://www.esterrunfarm.com/home daily 1.0 2026-01-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617fe2bb5c77bf3915efbde6/d8578b08-f115-4226-a40f-55274d6898da/Storm+Clouds.jpg Home - Located in the Clearfork River Valley of Bellville, Ohio, Ester Run Farm is dedicated to the conservation, improvement, and promotion through the superior eating qualities of Dorking and Minorca Chickens, Saxony Ducks, and Buff Toulouse Geese. Young Buff Toulouse geese on pasture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617fe2bb5c77bf3915efbde6/5744eaae-47bd-4904-8a5f-d76c101a6634/367201_030.jpg Home - Through the superb eating qualities of these heritage birds, will be their greatest chance of survival. Ready to cook carcasses of a Dorking stewing chicken, Toulouse goose, and Saxony duck. Photo Credit: Katie Carothers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617fe2bb5c77bf3915efbde6/129edebe-8189-4237-9044-508061d46fa8/Dorking+16.jpg Home - Having birds that are both beautiful and useful has been the driving force behind the creation of the old heritage poultry breeds. Here at our farm, I specialize in producing heirloom poultry that possess the appropriate standard traits, while excelling in their usefulness in the kitchen. Young Colored Dorking pullets awaiting evaluation. This photo shows the diversity in female coloring that can occur when breeding Colored Dorkings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617fe2bb5c77bf3915efbde6/9c2e307a-3a0a-47d5-96c6-c2f935559fa2/Dorking+1.jpg Home - Dorking Chickens are an Ancient breed, the epitome of heritage chickens. Dating back over 2000 years to the Roman occupation of the British Isles, Dorkings are one of the oldest domesticated chickens still in existence. https://www.esterrunfarm.com/how-to-acquire-stock daily 0.75 2026-01-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617fe2bb5c77bf3915efbde6/b87a47ba-a7f8-464a-b64b-40ceb97c8d4c/Red+Dorking+Cockerel.jpg How to Acquire Stock Red Dorking Cockerel, 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617fe2bb5c77bf3915efbde6/1cf24808-6f35-4bd2-b80d-6aa7386ebee8/Red+Dorking+Hens.jpg How to Acquire Stock Old Red Dorking Hens, 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617fe2bb5c77bf3915efbde6/7089d52a-0184-44c2-a14e-bdc0bfbcae5f/Waterfowl+in+the+snow.png How to Acquire Stock Young Buff Toulouse and Saxonys in winter https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617fe2bb5c77bf3915efbde6/7250824a-31dd-42c6-9e4c-3d445fd21ffa/Baby+Toulouse.jpg How to Acquire Stock Above: Buff Toulouse Goslings, Right: Black Dorking Cock https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617fe2bb5c77bf3915efbde6/79054d6a-e6af-4936-959f-33432439eb6e/Black+Dorking+cock+2.jpg How to Acquire Stock https://www.esterrunfarm.com/minorcas daily 0.75 2025-01-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617fe2bb5c77bf3915efbde6/89b1e559-2661-4715-aa4a-cbcbfa58f780/RC+Black+Minorca+Cock.jpg Minorcas - Rose Comb Black Minorcas Rose Comb Black Minorca Cock https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617fe2bb5c77bf3915efbde6/4f0048b8-8c73-4c77-bb7d-12e13d24fa8a/White+Minorca+Cockerel1.jpg Minorcas - White Minorca Cockerel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617fe2bb5c77bf3915efbde6/b05c5105-9568-4517-8af8-cb48bbf703bb/White+Minorca+Hen+3.jpg Minorcas - Old Single Comb White hen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617fe2bb5c77bf3915efbde6/3ac471e1-a51f-49ff-9ee5-e3df543bd701/White+Minorca+Hen+1.jpg Minorcas - White Minorca Hens With a few Dorkings in the background https://www.esterrunfarm.com/geese daily 0.75 2023-09-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617fe2bb5c77bf3915efbde6/13f6b5c8-2ef2-4da1-8621-2b380b19cd2d/Big+Toulouse+Gander.jpg Geese - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617fe2bb5c77bf3915efbde6/8fbd5d86-9960-4fda-afe3-5ad744170aea/367203_012.jpg Geese - Make it stand out Goose cracklins, a delicious snack resulting from the fat rendering. Photo credit: Katie Carothers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617fe2bb5c77bf3915efbde6/407dbcdd-894d-4b9b-afec-1595edef2e5e/367203_004.jpg Geese - A Toulouse goose breast scored and ready to receive a spice rub. Photo Credit: Katie Carothers We don’t eat goose much in this country anymore, which is a shame. Despite geese having long been a major poultry concern on family farms in this country, they have fallen out of vogue. M des Essarts in The Poultry Bulletin of the Association of Breeders of France comments that “The Toulouse goose is the foundation of the kitchen of the southwest” Traditionally, farm flocks of geese were used for their fat, feathers, and flesh. Their fat was used in medicine and lubricants, their feathers in bedding and clothing, and of course their flesh was used in the most important celebratory feasts. It wasn’t until very recently that the turkey took center stage as a Christmas holiday roaster. The APA Standard of Perfection, 1998 Edition says, regarding the economic qualities and conservation of domestic goose breeds “Today, the economic qualities of geese are less important for meat and feathers in a society which consumes very little waterfowl per person than when it is sold for exhibition purposes. If not for exhibition value, many breeds would be lost to crossbreeding and neglect resulting from the absence of a meat marketability for most breeds.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617fe2bb5c77bf3915efbde6/82fa01b4-58e9-4b4f-962d-d1c3c5427ef4/buff+toulouse+geese.png Geese Buff Toulouse flock in winter https://www.esterrunfarm.com/dorkings daily 0.75 2023-11-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617fe2bb5c77bf3915efbde6/1637204573253-IQY5MCCTHIPVZ6LCW3TK/colored+dorking+Cock.jpg Dorkings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617fe2bb5c77bf3915efbde6/1637204710224-5I40V8RMNEW820LZXMFW/Silver+Grey+Dorking+Cock.png Dorkings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617fe2bb5c77bf3915efbde6/1637204820770-XRFPHZ1AQ6YEJYGGVKGK/20191201_162937_HDR+%282%29.jpg Dorkings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617fe2bb5c77bf3915efbde6/1637204863331-N4RKO8XZZG0D0R8M6V7Y/Slate+Red+Dorking+Cock.jpg Dorkings 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https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617fe2bb5c77bf3915efbde6/1a6bb2cc-ad51-492b-b7ba-14c473130e61/Red+Dorking+Hens.jpg Dorkings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617fe2bb5c77bf3915efbde6/cbda6d49-961b-474a-9f01-f24036f65cc2/Golden+Cuckoo+Hen.jpg Dorkings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617fe2bb5c77bf3915efbde6/3732178b-4c71-44d6-822e-e60a18d1fbd3/SS+Whites.jpg Dorkings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617fe2bb5c77bf3915efbde6/c1c94bbd-d114-46d9-aa05-7cc11aa139b0/Cuckoo+Hen+RC.jpg Dorkings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617fe2bb5c77bf3915efbde6/6709432c-183e-4964-a5a5-56a5ff0e24e9/Spangled+Hen+1.jpg Dorkings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617fe2bb5c77bf3915efbde6/96abb9b1-12a7-4208-b9d4-93aba231dbe8/bantam+red+male+1.jpg Dorkings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617fe2bb5c77bf3915efbde6/e31d76e4-31f2-4d8d-9107-4baccd3583bf/Colored+Dorking+Cock+2021.jpg Dorkings Colored cock and hens https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617fe2bb5c77bf3915efbde6/52928f9b-546a-4d89-8787-2c8a8874917c/Colored+Corckerel+Wing.JPG Dorkings Colored cockerel's wing showing the clean golden color in secondary feathers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617fe2bb5c77bf3915efbde6/8c5574dc-5516-47a9-b198-4381f5e938a4/colored+dorking+Cock.jpg Dorkings Colored cock https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617fe2bb5c77bf3915efbde6/aca3b4df-a612-4c8e-a87e-897c0e5877f3/Colored+Pullet.jpg Dorkings Colored pullet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617fe2bb5c77bf3915efbde6/dc7e7399-7644-4e9f-82d0-aecd8324da9d/Dorking+4.jpg Dorkings Colored pullet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617fe2bb5c77bf3915efbde6/92103c80-19ec-4412-b15c-83b508aae944/Dark+Grey+vs+Colored+Cockerels.jpg Dorkings Dark grey cockerel on left, Colored cockerel on right https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617fe2bb5c77bf3915efbde6/00576d05-f1c0-4947-9b34-c7600d09acf2/Dark+grey+vs+Colored+pullets.jpg Dorkings Dark Grey pullet on left, Colored pullet on right https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617fe2bb5c77bf3915efbde6/22b78176-da44-4000-8784-bc1a0a0fd30b/Dorking+2.jpg Dorkings Colored Dorking Cockerel 2019 https://www.esterrunfarm.com/ducks daily 0.75 2025-01-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617fe2bb5c77bf3915efbde6/088cd3c6-b35e-4641-a8d5-94599050c466/367201_035.jpg Ducks - Make it stand out A freshly butchered Saxony Duck, showing the many useable parts. Beginning with the wings, leg and thigh quarters, breasts, breast tenders, fat trim for rendering, and carcass pieces for stock. Photo credit: Katie Carothers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617fe2bb5c77bf3915efbde6/cdb9ab73-f07b-4228-8ee2-293913d6039e/Saxonys.jpg Ducks Saxony flock in autumn https://www.esterrunfarm.com/philosophy-of-conservation daily 0.75 2024-12-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617fe2bb5c77bf3915efbde6/ec2b184d-59ba-4b17-a3a7-2df6ad54d574/Dorking+17.jpg My Philosophy of Conservation - Make it stand out Crag Russell helping me evaluate Colored Dorkings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617fe2bb5c77bf3915efbde6/f68ad660-b6d2-4db8-bcd0-ffafbee77fb2/367202_002.jpg My Philosophy of Conservation - Make it stand out Buff Toulouse flock https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617fe2bb5c77bf3915efbde6/9c8ab15c-111d-4441-b59b-c8ea9b3737d6/Colored+Dorking+Cockerels.jpg My Philosophy of Conservation Colored Dorking Cockerels in autumn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617fe2bb5c77bf3915efbde6/f4ecbf8c-74a2-494e-bc2b-fc6dd2d8c323/October+Corn.jpg My Philosophy of Conservation Heirloom “Ohio Calico” corn stubble. Although the birds’ primary feed is a well balanced pelleted ration, I grow field corn, greens, sorghum, squashes, and various other ‘treats’ for the flocks. This helps to scratch my gardening itch as well.