Dorkings... hen or cockeral?

[Hennypen]

I think cockerals but I'd like to make sure before I sell them.

 

[Year of the Rooster]

Cockerel, and it's a Silver Laced Wyandotte, not a Dorking.

 

[Hennypen]

No, they are dorkings. 5 toes, rose combs with the 'spike' on the back side of the comb. Short squatty birds big breast. Purchased as colored dorkings. Need to sell or eat them.

 

[punky rooster]

Those are SLW boys

 

[Hennypen]

No.

they're dorkings. When I get home Sunday I'll take better pictures. Definitely dorkings. (young dorkings, 3 months?)

Here's a picture taken when they were younger.

 

[Year of the Rooster]

What leads me to believe this is not a Dorking is:
-leg color is wrong
-not a recognized color
-Most Dorking varieties have a single comb


Where did you purchase them?

 

[Illia]

Sorry those are either poor quality Silver Laced Wyandottes or mutts, because:

Dorkings have single combs in the US

Dorkings do not come in that color

Dorkings have pink/slate legs

 

[Hennypen]

I'll have to find the link. They breed colored dorkings in the NW. And yes the rose combs are here in the US.
http://www.blackdiamondguestranch.com/index-3chicken.html


http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/CGD/Dorks/BRKDorks.html

The other leg is the correct color. Notice the other 5 toed leg in the upper right hand side of the pic above. It's the right color. Same batch of eggs. This pen has a mix of various breeds. I'm trying to figure out which breed I like best. Dorkings didn't make the cut.

And don't misunderstand.. I'm not saying they're good, but I am saying they're dorkings. Everything I've read on this breed says you can get a huge variation in color/quality/etc... I only got males in this hatch. I'd like to find the white ones. The breast on these guys is huge and I'm sure they'll be tasty.... quality won't matter then.

 

[billfields]

Quote:
Awh come on......Do Silver Laced Wyandottes have five toes? The body shape looks like a Dorking to me.

 

[Chickie'sMoma]

i am pretty sure you have dorkings. and yes, they can have both types of combs. if you look at http://www.ithaca.edu/staff/jhenderson/chooks/chooks.html#d and scroll to the Dorkings you will notice both the rose and single mentioned. and one hatchery actually admits that they use both comb types to improve the breed http://www.sandhillpreservation.com/catalog/chickens.html