The Black Scots Dumpy is a breed that is very new to us so have very little first hand information about them, but suggest  you follow the link to www.kintaline.co.uk where you will find probably the most full and comprehensive information available about the breed.
We can tell you that they are a very attractive and beautiful looking breed with their beetle green plumage, especially when the sunshines on them and 'yes' it does quite often in this part of Wales.
Our hens have now started to lay good sized tinted eggs with a a lovely deep coloured yoke, rather than the white eggs as described in the following extract from the www.rbst.org.uk
The breed was described as early as 1678 and it native to Scotland. The Scots Dumpy has also been known as the Bakie, Crawler or Creeper. It is a docile breed with a scavenging ability making it ideally suited to back yard or farmyard production systems.The plumage of the Scots Dumpy can be cuckoo, white, brown, gold or silver although black is more commonly seen. Both sexes have a medium single comb, which is red in colour. Black birds have slate-black beak, legs and feet while in other colours they are white. They carry a long, large, deep body on extremely short legs, which rarely exceed 3.75cm in height. Male birds weigh around 3kg and females 2.5kg. The hens are very good layers producing white medium sized eggs.