Dominique autosexing?

[tbishop]

Are Dominiques considered an autosexing breed? The males shoul be double barred and the females would only be single barred.

 

[centrarchid]

Yes. Works best when comparing birds / chicks within a strain. Otherwise, many would call my female chicks males without have my males for comparison,

 

[tbishop]

Yes. Works best when comparing birds / chicks within a strain. Otherwise, many would call my female chicks males without have my males for comparison,

It just occurred to me after reading about autosexing. I don’t think it’d be the same with barred rocks. Don’t the males usually only have on barred gene?

 

[centrarchid]

Barred Rocks auto-sexing, possibly with two loci. Barring for sure. The second with some strains have males where feather development is slower than with females.

 

[tbishop]

I thought there was room for a single barred male in the standard but I have nothing factual to base that on...

 

[nicalandia]

I thought there was room for a single barred male in the standard but I have nothing factual to base that on...

Too dark for the standard, unless you are from Australia and Dark Barred Rocks are accepted.

This is clearly a Heterozygous male(you can see some black feathers on the tail, not many but visibly if you pay attention)

 

[tbishop]

That's good information. Thank you!!