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[StelleKitten]

poor coloured dorking?.. those tail feathers look right anyway.. do you have any more pics of him?

What sort of pics would you need? I can go take some.

 

[yinepu]

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a good side view if you can get him to pose for ya

oh.. and does he have any extra toes?

 

[StelleKitten]

a good side view if you can get him to pose for ya

oh.. and does he have any extra toes?

brb

 

[Cockle-Dood]

a good side view if you can get him to pose for ya

oh.. and does he have any extra toes?

extras? likie ones he didnt come with?

 

[StelleKitten]

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[yinepu]

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like normal chickens don't come with...

lol.. "well bred" dorkings have 5 toes on each foot


you can still have a dorking without them.. but it's one of their "desirable" traits

 

[StelleKitten]

4 toes

 

[yinepu]

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I'm gonna go with poor coloured silver grey dorking...
or maybe a SG dorking mix...

(just to be "picky".. and I know you really don't care)... legs are too dark for SOP.. and a bit too long.. he's also a bit "muddy".. but those tail feathers keep telling me "dorking" especially with the silver duckwing pattern

so you picked him out of a heavy chick bin?.. any idea which hatchery they were from?

 

[yinepu]

4 toes

I'm still gonna say he has dorking somewhere in his genetics...

especially since you also said he is fattening up faster than his brother?

if he is.. and you don't care about the SOP.. i would keep him as a breeder and find him some nice chunky girls .. could end up as the start of a meat bird program for ya! (I've no idea if you want dual purpose birds for meat or eggs or just what.. but it's something to think about depending on how he grows out)

 

[StelleKitten]

No clue what hatchery. And I do care about sop, just not set up yet to breed for it. I was thinking about breeding croad langshans later but for now, just making sure my set up works. I want to have a lot more experience before I start working with expensive birds.