Chicken and Herb Dumplings

3 pounds chicken
salt and pepper
2 cloves garlic, minced
1/4 teaspoon powdered marjoram
1/4 teaspoon powdered thyme
1 bay leaf
1/2 cup dry white wine, optional
1 cup dairy sour cream
1 cup packaged biscuit mix
1 tablespoon chopped parsley
6 tablespoons milk
10 small white onions

Sprinkle chicken with salt and pepper, place in crockpot. Put all onions into pot. Add garlic, marjoram, thyme, bay leaf and wine. Cover and cook on low 5 to 6 hours. Remove bay leaf . Stir in sour cream. Increase heat to high and combine biscuit mix with parsley. Stir milk into biscuit mix until well moistened. Drop dumplings from teaspoon around edge of pot. Cover and cook on high for 30 minutes.