I have a pair of hens, just over a year old, whose breed is a mystery to me. I got them from a friend as pullets--she had a double order of Murray McMurray's Rare Breed Layers, and gave some of her extras to me. Ever since, I have been trying to pin down what they are, For a long time, I had settled on Silver Leghorn, but now I am leaning more towards Silver Dorking.
Pros for Dorking:
-more docile than my other birds (Spanish and Polish)
-white legs
-possible fifth "toe" (or spur? on a hen? see pics below)
Cons:
-smaller than I thought a Dorking would be
-check out the white earlobes:
Everything I've read about Dorkings says they are an oddity in that they have red earlobes but lay white eggs. These girls of mine do NOT have red earlobes....but then neither does this girl in a pic from feathersite, so I dunno:
Anyway, here are a few more pics of my gray-feathered girls. (Their names are Rock-egg and Loudy, so dubbed by my two boys.)
And here are the spur/toe things in question. (I promise that this is a she, and that she lays eggs!)
What do you guys think? I am still a relative newbie...this is my first little flock.
Pros for Dorking:
-more docile than my other birds (Spanish and Polish)
-white legs
-possible fifth "toe" (or spur? on a hen? see pics below)
Cons:
-smaller than I thought a Dorking would be
-check out the white earlobes:
Everything I've read about Dorkings says they are an oddity in that they have red earlobes but lay white eggs. These girls of mine do NOT have red earlobes....but then neither does this girl in a pic from feathersite, so I dunno:
Anyway, here are a few more pics of my gray-feathered girls. (Their names are Rock-egg and Loudy, so dubbed by my two boys.)
And here are the spur/toe things in question. (I promise that this is a she, and that she lays eggs!)
What do you guys think? I am still a relative newbie...this is my first little flock.
