TYPES, BREEDS, AND VARIETIES OF FOWLS 379 



Fig. 372 



Silver-Gray Dorking cock, 

 graph by Graham) 



(Photo- 



The typical Dorking 

 presents highly developed 

 flesh qualities and relatively 

 finebone. The body is long, 

 deep, wide, well rounded, 

 with prominent breast and 

 short neck and legs, mak- 

 ing a massive, rather low- 

 set bird. Following are 

 the American Standard 

 weights. Colored : cock, 

 9 pounds ; cockerel, 8 

 pounds ; hen, 7 pounds ; 

 pullet, 6 pounds. Silver- 

 Gray : cock, 8 pounds ; 

 cockerel, 7 pounds ; hen, 

 6 1 pounds; pullet, 5^ 

 pounds. White: cock, 7^ 



pounds ; cockerel, 6| pounds ; hen, 6 pounds ; pullet, 5 pounds. 



In the two first-named varieties the standard weights are often 



exceeded. Dorkings are 



generally reputed a rather 



tender race and indifferent 



or poor layers. Their good 



qualities are not duly ap- 

 preciated because of sev- 

 eral features which under 



some conditions are objec- 

 tionable. The large comb 



makes the male especially 



unable to stand severe 



cold weather ; the fifth 



toe somewhat impedes the 



movement of the feet; in 



America the white skin is 



a disadvantage. 



Redcaps. The Redcap is a meat type of the Hamburg developed 



as a once-prevalent type of poultry in Yorkshire and Derbyshire. 



Fig- 373- 



Silver-Gray Dorking hen. (Photo- 

 graph by Graham) 



