Yes Silver Grey Dorkings they are lovely. Our cockerel is very handsome and well mannered, even lets me pick him up. Had a Silkie cockerel a few years ago I couldn't turn my back on, despite a few complementary flying lessons
Why do you not keep cockerels after a second winter ?
Yes protein I guess but as a somewhat lapsed vegetarian I get no pleasure from eating chickens, tho I will give last years boys their due ....even I ate some coq au vin and they were good. And I know they have had a lovely life roaming free range here, scratching at my plants and c.....ing on the garden dining chairs whilst they look in the kitchen window ! But the whole killing process is not nice. And the Dorking cockerels are very big ....OK I know that means more protein ....but also harder to kill.
I'm debating whether to top the little ones now whilst its easy, only not doing it because that would leave 2 girls of different ages and not sure they would make friends.
Good job I have a day job
Northumberland not far from Newcastle.