Dorkings... hen or cockeral?

[Chris09]

Those I would say are a Cross Breed most likely a Wyandotte /Dorking cross.
Those have the wrong comb, wrong leg color and not any color I have seen on a Dorking.

I believe that the only Dorking that comes Rose Comb it the White Dorking...

Chris

 

[V Comb]

Chris...

This is from the website that was posted

 

[Chris09]

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The only true Rose Comb Dorking that is in the U.S. is the White Variety. Also looking at the wings of the OP's bird it looks to have Lacing there are no Laced Dorking in the U.S.

Chris

 

[Chickanmanfromarkansas]

White maybe the only rosecomb variety approved to show in the US, but Sand Hill is selling Red, White and Colored Dokings with rosecombs. They also are breeding Black Dorkings.

There maybe someone that are working on other varieties.

 

[V Comb]

Chris...just because you think you're always right doesn't mean it's so...

because the bird in the pic is from the US....

 

[Illia]

And just because a hatchery says they have it doesn't mean it is actually a purebred or for real thing. . .

They also claim to have Buff Cornish, (they are far too rare; I bet they're Buff Orps or mutts) White LaFleche (another one too rare, bet they're mutts), and Manx Rumpies, who supposedly lay colorful eggs (they shouldn't)


And again, leg color and lacing.

 

[BlackBrookPoultry]

I have 3 "black dorkings" from Sandhill. One of them is pure black, one is black with white neck feathers, and the other is some other color I can't identify. They have it posted that they did cross them with other dorking colors to prevent inbreeding. If anyone knows what color it is that would be great.

The unidentified one is the one in the back. (The front one is a chantecler)

 

[Chickie'sMoma]

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and what a gorgeous US boy he is! love that tail and colors!

please note on Feathersite that there are 3 other colors than the white shown with the rose comb http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/CGD/Dorks/BRKDorks.html
and while i found a neat link on FeatherSite to an Australian club i found a neat one with a book about Dorkings! http://www.cafepress.com/erinrac.27277643

i think the OP has very young birds if i remember right. so they may loose that funky coloring as they age. many good breeders of heritage fowl are told to wait till their breeding stock hit 1 1/2 years old and gone through their adult molt and the color changes are finalized! i've also been told to hold off hatching eggs from them till after that molt since the egg size will be bigger and the chicks stronger!

 

[Illia]

Just my last two cents -

The birds pictured from the website are correct. They don't have lacing and they have the proper leg color. However, the birds posted by the OP I'm saying otherwise about because they are laced, both pullet and cockerel, and they have yellow legs.

 

[V Comb]

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Yes. I was not talking about the OP bird, I was talking about the one of the website.