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Agreed. In 18 years, I have not had a purebred Dominique hatch with a single comb, and only had two second generation crossbreeds hatch with a single comb.

If you're really into breeding or thinking about showing, you'll want to contact the DCA to find a breeder near you. Cackle is working with two of the Best in the Breed, but remember, they received *hatching eggs* this past spring. I imagine they will still need to breed up their numbers from...

Yes, that's what you'd expect to see; white chicks when bred to a closely related male (that you could assume was carrying the gene for white) as opposed to outcrossing to an unrelated male that is not carrying the gene. In my experience, the ratio of white to barred has never been anywhere near...

Not dumb. I have heard of the idea of using a too small but otherwise excellent LF cock over bantam hens to improve their quality, but have not tried that myself. When I acquired bantam Doms this past spring, I had just such a male bird (small, but typey) but he was over twice their size, and...

The older a hen is, the lighter she will look after each molt. Even though they're all from the same farm, the younger pullets may be maturing into bigger birds because the breeder is now using a different cock or different hens in the breeding pens.

And a good morning to you too my Fractious Friend. My position is neither "inaccurate" nor ignorant. I know what these birds are: recessive silver white Dominique sports. I do not need to "study" them. In Mark's book, you'll note that white Dominiques were known to predate the Voter strain by...

I can't speak for Fred, but I'd be willing to guess the reason he isn't interested in working with white Dominiques as a new variety is similar to the same reason I'm not. It would encourage crossbreeding games, leghorns, rocks and whatever else to get a white (or white looking) bird, destroying...

Bobcats are just awful when they discover your poultry; they don't just kill when they're hungry, they'll grocery shop and try to stock their pantry at your expense. A Bobcat will take a bird, drag it off to a nearby wooded area and 'cache' it, covering it with leaves and twigs to hide it and...

This particular version is not now, and never was a correct Dominique despite it's appearance in the SoP. Dominique breeders had no input on the description, or illustration (which is clearly NOT cuckoo) and the weights were ridiculously oversize. The real breeders worked hard to get this...

Jim, they're recessive white. They produce no pigment, faint or otherwise. Based on the very few times I have bred any of them, they will not throw a white chick when bred to a normal colored bird unless it is a very closely related. (sibling or dam or sire) I have a friend who has a white cock...

The ones I've had are always sparkling silver white. No bars, no specks, no spots, and no yellowing in the sunlight either. This is from 1999: http://eieio.org/dom99.jpg And to show off the non yellowing, this was this past winter: http://eieio.org/snacks.jpg

There are indeed white Dominiques, I have some myself. (No, they are not for sale) In fact, the very first Dominique chick I ever hatched was white, which was pretty surprising to me at the time. There are records of white Dominiques popping up all the way back to the 20's. They are not a...

Had the Dominique been the sire all the chicks would have been barred. As it is, it looks like your solid black chick is out of the Delaware cock and most likely, the Dominique hen. I have no idea where the black beak and legs came from.

RE: cowpox, smallpox, vaccines. The man you're thinking of is Edward Jenner. And yes, the turkey herpesvirus protecting against Marek's thing is real, and it works.

FWIW, there are several terrific breeders on the West Coast: Janice with her show winning bantams, Heaven and her partner Rhonda with both bantam and a nice strain of large fowl they've been making great strides at improving for several years now, and Emmet also has some fine large fowl (Time...

That depends on what you are breeding for. What are your goals?