Sometime ago, while researching prospective chicken breeds for our farm, I learned of the Dorking.
The thing that caught my attention was that the Dorking chicken is reputedly the best tasting of all of the breeds of chicken and:
1. Being dual purpose birds, they are also good layers
2. Are good foragers
3. Are very docile
4. Make excellent mothers
5. To me, in the silver-gray variation, is among the most handsome of all chickens.
Today, we ordered fifteen (3 males and 12 females).
They are due to arrive in about a week.
I'll keep everyone posted on how it all turns out.