Dorking chicken

Dorking
A silver-grey cock
Conservation statusFAO (2007): endangered-maintained
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Traits
Weight
  • Male:
    • Standard: 3.60-6.35 kg
    • Bantam: 1130–1360 g
  • Female:
    • Standard: 3.60-4.55 kg
    • Bantam: 910–1130 g
Skin colourwhite
Egg colourwhite or tinted
Comb typesingle or rose-comb
Classification
APA
  • Large fowl: English
  • Bantam: Single comb clean legged
EErecognised
PCGBSoft feather: heavy

The Dorking is a British breed of domestic chicken. It is named after the town of Dorking, in Surrey in southern England.

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