Dorkings

[Raven81]

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Thanks for that question.
when i got them i was told they were 4 -6 weeks old. the 2nd post of pics was at 6- 8 weeks & the biggest of them was starting to get a few brown speckles on the chest. & 1 was starting to get a bigger comb than the others. but nothing stood out on the 3rd & 4th chick.
then the 4th one died still dont know what it was.
today they will be 8 - 10 weeks.
i will go out & try take some individual pics so that others can see the difference.

 

[Raven81]

ok here are the updated pics
#1 Pullet the biggest from day one.

notice the brown chest

brown chest small comb

back view to show the dif


#2 Cock

big comb white chest

getting the white on back

#3 Pullet ???

small comb darker chest or maybe s/he just dirty

dark back like 1st girl.

i would appreciate comments or questions.

 

[BlackBart]

Come to think of it I have seen Dorking pullets without the peach on their chest. My friend got one in a batch from a local breeder.
I don't think it happens too often.
The colour on the back of the bird without a peach breast sure looks like the colour of a pullets back but they are still young.
I have never had any juvenile roos so I have no experience to make a learned opinion.
The bigger comb looks like a Roo.........so I'm thinking 75% Roo.

 

[BlackBart]

This is exactly what my Hens look like.

 

[Raven81]

they are very beautiful birds & not that common over here so when i got the chance to buy these chicks i jumped at it. im hoping to be able to breed them in the future.

 

[jeslewmazer]

It looks like you got it right .....a trio.....congrats. nice pics

 

[Raven81]

the 2nd pic in the 1st post shows the roo ( L ) & the big pullet ( R ). at 4-6 wks she was almost twice the size of the roo. you can see the size difference in the pic. i just thought id point that out. now they are almost the same size.

 

[Raven81]

this is there home till they are old enuf to join the older girls, the older girls do come & visit & clean up anything that the young ones scratch out of the coop. oh i am also now looking for names there is 2 SLW ( i think 1 pullet & 1 cock), 3 dorks ( 2 pullets 1 cock ) that need names. their home is my portable ( think most of you would call it a tractor ) coup,
i have built an extended run onto it coz i thought it was too small.

there is a total of 4 perches can see 3 of them in pic 4th is inside. there is 2 nesting boxes, left side of pic. i have taken out the divider for the young ones.
oh & the big plastic container has dirt in it so they can scratch & bathe, also behind it is a smaller one with fine sand to eat & scratch.

any sugestions as to what else i can include for them would be great as i dont let them out yet. ( the cats are very keen)

 

[Raven81]

ok i have more pics its been just over 2 weeks since last pics so here are the new ones same order as b4.
#1 pullet

#2 Roo

#3 pullet

there is brown on the chest but not that visable in pic.

 

[jeslewmazer]

Looking Good!