Dorkings from Sandhill Please help me know what varieties I have.

[RoostersAreAwesome]

In April I received 17 Assorted Dorking Chicks from Sandhill this is how they were labeled

5 Light Grey....what look to me like Silver Grey
5 Dark Grey
4 Colored Sandill says there is some variance in color with these
3 Black I have a pair but am having trouble figuring out who is my number 3...Sandhill's line also has some varience

So, two of the black are readily distinguished and so are the Light Grey (3rd pic) . But I am not sure who my other black chick is or who is colored or dark grey...can you help plese? These are the girls. I have boy questions too but I will save those for a different post. Th chick in the first pic is similar to the chick in middle in the last pic; dark body, dark salmon breast, some silver on the neck and hackles. . The second pic has a chick with a rose comb and a white breast and a lovely mix of black and grey...I think it may be a cockerel but I don't know what color variety. I separated them based on comb size but now this one is pinking up. See the second to last pic, that is the same bird. The third pic is what I believe they call Light Grey but is commonly called Silver Grey, the fourth chick is dark grey with a dark salmon breast, the fifth has a silver head and neck but looks like a dark brahma on her shoulders because Sandhill says they have variety in their Black due to outcrossing with the other color varieties I think she is my third black chick. So there we go. I have scoured the internet for photos of juvenile dorking in all colors and have not had much luck. Hoping you can shed some light for me. In this same pen I have Blue Andalusian, Lavender Orps, a Barred Holland and two Cuckoo Marans. They have been easy for me to ID Thanks so much in advance for your help.

Do you have updated photos of these chicks?

 

[RoosterWhisperer]

In April I received 17 Assorted Dorking Chicks from Sandhill this is how they were labeled

5 Light Grey....what look to me like Silver Grey
5 Dark Grey
4 Colored Sandill says there is some variance in color with these
3 Black I have a pair but am having trouble figuring out who is my number 3...Sandhill's line also has some varience

So, two of the black are readily distinguished and so are the Light Grey (3rd pic) . But I am not sure who my other black chick is or who is colored or dark grey...can you help plese? These are the girls. I have boy questions too but I will save those for a different post. Th chick in the first pic is similar to the chick in middle in the last pic; dark body, dark salmon breast, some silver on the neck and hackles. . The second pic has a chick with a rose comb and a white breast and a lovely mix of black and grey...I think it may be a cockerel but I don't know what color variety. I separated them based on comb size but now this one is pinking up. See the second to last pic, that is the same bird. The third pic is what I believe they call Light Grey but is commonly called Silver Grey, the fourth chick is dark grey with a dark salmon breast, the fifth has a silver head and neck but looks like a dark brahma on her shoulders because Sandhill says they have variety in their Black due to outcrossing with the other color varieties I think she is my third black chick. So there we go. I have scoured the internet for photos of juvenile dorking in all colors and have not had much luck. Hoping you can shed some light for me. In this same pen I have Blue Andalusian, Lavender Orps, a Barred Holland and two Cuckoo Marans. They have been easy for me to ID Thanks so much in advance for your help.

WHAT THE HECK IS A DORKING CHICK? They're pretty , but they look just like easter egger or ameruacauns......?

 

[tommysgirl]

WHAT THE HECK IS A DORKING CHICK? They're pretty , but they look just like easter egger or ameruacauns......?

Ancient Breed, Docile, White Egg Layer: check them out here I first became interested in them 9 years ago when I began keeping chickens and have had a couple of hens over the years but this is the first time I will have a flock of them.

 

[tommysgirl]

Thank you all for your questions and input. Here are some updated pics. They were all in the shade so it is hard to tell. But I think I know mostly who is what now. I believe the cockerel you see is colored and the girl with the salmon body is too. Still wondering about the girl who only has limited salmon on her otherwise white breast. My black girl has a dark salmon breast but SH says that they have mixed colored into their black lines to provide some genetic diversity and save the color variety so I am sure that she is the one I was struggling to ID before. I have only the one who looks like a dark grey. Other than the light grey, the chicks were all wild pattern so I imagine that my chick picker packer may have made some mistakes when choosing my chicks for the order. I ordered assorted dorkings so I am happy with what I got. I think I am going to ask for colored only in a shipment next spring.

 

[tommysgirl]

Do you have updated photos of these chicks?

I just posted some.

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

Thank you all for your questions and input. Here are some updated pics. They were all in the shade so it is hard to tell. But I think I know mostly who is what now. I believe the cockerel you see is colored and the girl with the salmon body is too. Still wondering about the girl who only has limited salmon on her otherwise white breast. My black girl has a dark salmon breast but SH says that they have mixed colored into their black lines to provide some genetic diversity and save the color variety so I am sure that she is the one I was struggling to ID before. I have only the one who looks like a dark grey. Other than the light grey, the chicks were all wild pattern so I imagine that my chick picker packer may have made some mistakes when choosing my chicks for the order. I ordered assorted dorkings so I am happy with what I got. I think I am going to ask for colored only in a shipment next spring.

1- dark grey
2- a mixed black
3- dark grey again
4- mixed black again
5- looks like a light grey, but his coloring isn’t entirely clear in the picture
6- can’t tell from the picture
7- colored?

 

[BlueBaby]

I'm over here in Arizona and I have one of those Sandhill Colored Dorking rooster's. I have held onto him because I know how hard they are to find. I took him from someone else who ended up not being able to have any rooster's at her place, but I want to find him a good home where someone can breed him. I will let him go for free. He's a nice boy, and is already breeding my other hen's here, but he doesn't have any Dorking girl's in the flock.