- the
Dorking area is
particularly suited for
rearing chickens and the
local soils provide grit to ****ist the birds'
digestive systems. The
Dorking fowl, which...
-
Dorking, Faverolles, Houdan, and Sultan. All
Silkies have
black or
bluish skin,
bones and grayish-black meat; they are in the
group of
Chinese fowls known...
- The
Dorking is a
British breed of
domestic chicken. It is
named after the town of
Dorking, in
Surrey in
southern England. The
Dorking is
among the oldest...
- its eggs.
Eight colours are
recognised for both standard-sized and
bantam fowl. A
breed ****ociation, the Sus****
Breed Club, was
organised in 1903. The Sus****...
- much used for cross-breeding with
established meat
breeds such as the
Dorking,
Orpington and Sus****.: 158 : 80 It is a poor layer: the eggs are small...
-
bewildering array of
colors and
patterns can now be
found in the
domestic fowl. In the last
decades white plumage color has
become essential for the efficient...
- The Old
English Pheasant Fowl is a
British breed of
small utility chicken. It
derives from
traditional breeds of
rural Lancashire and
Yorkshire and of...
- gene.: 163 The
bantam rarely takes flight.: 254 Body
weights for
large fowl are
approximately 3–3.5 kg for hens and 4–4.5 kg for ****s;: 66 average...
-
poultry in Australia,
covering chickens, turkey, geese,
ducks and
guinea fowl. Call duck. bantam.
Australian Poultry Standards (2nd ed.).
Victorian Poultry...
-
breeds that
might have
contributed to its development;: 11 the Crèvecœur,
Dorking and
Polish have been
mentioned as
possible "ancestors".: 128 It was first...
