Dominique Thread!

[emalin]

I would love some help figuring out the sex of these four little doms we hatched a little over three weeks ago. I have been waiting for so long for Dominiques, and I'm hoping we can keep them all. It looks like two & two to me, but I'm hoping I'm wrong. We can only have one rooster. Thanks!

 

[Alaskan]

I also think it looks like 2 and 2.

 

[ThatFarmerChick]

I also think it looks like 2 and 2.

second that.

 

[Sylvester017]

I would love some help figuring out the sex of these four little doms we hatched a little over three weeks ago. I have been waiting for so long for Dominiques, and I'm hoping we can keep them all. It looks like two & two to me, but I'm hoping I'm wrong. We can only have one rooster. Thanks!

In Post #3649 I shared with @Olde South Coop about the way we identified males from females when we purchased ours. They are pretty much sexable at day-old.

 

[centrarchid]

I would love some help figuring out the sex of these four little doms we hatched a little over three weeks ago. I have been waiting for so long for Dominiques, and I'm hoping we can keep them all. It looks like two & two to me, but I'm hoping I'm wrong. We can only have one rooster. Thanks!

Tails of birds at left do not look typical for American Dominiques. Combs also do not appear to be rose. Color sexing with those I do not trust as they may be heterozygous for barring and extended black.

 

[JediJinx]

One closest to the bowl is def a boy. Can't see the feet, but these have been best indicators for me, darker legs/feet are nearly always pullets. Clear legs/feet are cockerels.

The only comb clear enough to see is the male and it looks rose to me. There is a wide range of color-feather patterning in different lines of Doms.

 

[emalin]

Thanks. All of their feet have at least some black, so it's hard to tell. I hope that they are true to breed. I spent a long time looking for hatching eggs from a good breeder and ended up taking a chance on eggs shipped from across the country. They are just part of a backyard flock--not for show--but I love the look of true-to-breed Dominiques with their beautiful curved backs. Time will tell, I suppose.

 

[JediJinx]

Tails of birds at left do not look typical for American Dominiques. Combs also do not appear to be rose. Color sexing with those I do not trust as they may be heterozygous for barring and extended black.

Tails look typical for females whose feathers come in faster. Look like Doms to me

 

[centrarchid]

Tails look typical for females whose feathers come in faster. Look like Doms to me

That may be a strain effect then. I will post some chick pictures later that will stir some conversation up. They are pure dom but look different from most if not all hatchery strains ans likely most show strains as well.

 

[Alaskan]

I am still bummed that I can't get eggs from you @centrarchid I think that your stock is the best in form and most true to the original idea of what a Dominique should look like.


What I have..... Just isn't that great.