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    Buckeye Legs?

    They look fairly young, so they may loose the "spangling" in a later molt. The pink/white legs however, are probably here to stay. Sorry.
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    Dominique Thread!

    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.
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    West Coast Dominiques?

    Join the Dominique Club of America to get full access to the breeders and members list. http://www.dominiqueclub.org/ Dues are a mere $10.00 a year, money well spent considering you can also read years worth of past newsletters archived online, and meet a friendly and knowledgeable group of...
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    Dominique Thread!

    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...
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    Dominique Thread!

    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...
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    Dominique Thread!

    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...
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    Dominique Thread!

    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.
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    Add your meditrainain class chickens

    You might get more replies if you spell it "Mediterranean". I have Rose Comb Anconas and a few white Leghorns. Most of the Leghorns are rescued battery cage layers, AKA ":Ex Bats".
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    Ancona Chicken Thread

    Congratulations to Yellow House Farm on winning Reserve Champion Mediterranean at the Ohio National! (Countrydream, I guess this answers your question? )
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    Dominique Thread!

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    Dominique Thread!

    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...
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    Dominique Thread!

    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...
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    Dominique Thread!

    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...
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    Dominique Thread!

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    Dominique Thread!

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    Dominique Thread!

    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...
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    Dominique Thread!

    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...
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    Mareks, showing poultry and safety precautions

    My apologies. I mentioned "shots", antibiotics, and keeping your flock at home under lock and key (basically a self imposed biosecurity quarantine) as part of a generalized introduction pointing out the difference between treating and/or attempting to prevent all illness in contrast to allowing...
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    Dominique Thread!

    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
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    Dominique Thread!

    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...
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