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  1. Zone3Dakota

    Review by '' on item 'IncuView All-In-One Automatic Egg Incubator with built-in Automatic Egg Turner'

    Three easy hatches in a row, no problems! We do have very low humidity, so used scotch tape to half close the little air opening, didn't want to use the 'air hole' plug that was included, just because the 'view' was ever so slightly better and I wanted a really good video for the grandkids...
  2. Zone3Dakota

    North Dakota

    So sorry that I have not replied until now. For some reason, this site was so slow for me to get anything posted that I gave up on it. slightly better now. Have kept those cockerels to see how they develop and will perhaps use them as replacements for the flock master. We are a LONG way from...
  3. Zone3Dakota

    North Dakota

    We have four Dominique cockerels that are a couple of weeks old that are available. From show quality stock, sire did well showing. Bred to standard for generations. Located near White Earth/Powers Lake/Tioga/Stanley and can deliver to those towns. FREEE to 4-H or FFA show homes. Else $5...
  4. Zone3Dakota

    North Dakota

    Placed one Dominique hen and 36 hatching eggs and had a good time meeting new peoples and pups at the Stanley swap! I hope that this is an annual 'Stanley-based' event. Thanks to those who made it all happen, as well as to those who participated in the swapping. We will continue to collect...
  5. Zone3Dakota

    North Dakota

    We're near White Earth, which is between Minot and Williston. We have a very nice small flock of Dominiques, real good egg production, show lines from lines that were bred for disease resistance and were 'free ranged'(had a central feeder, but that was about all...some hatched out in the plum...
  6. Zone3Dakota

    Dominique Thread!

    Yes, Cackle, and i would not hesitate to get stock from them, again, and may do so, if/when egg production becomes a main concern. Those gals can put out the eggs! They are nice birds, just would need a few more generations of work to get to where the show stock is. Of course, i only started...
  7. Zone3Dakota

    Dominique Thread!

    I would say that they have a good natural instinct to protect the flock. When young, ours would just RESPOND...instinctively. But as they started to reach the age where they were mounting the pullets, they seemed to have overcome those instincts. We never held and hugged our birds, but did...
  8. Zone3Dakota

    North Dakota

    that page doesn't exist? when i clicked it. Also, i have some started dominique pullets that will need a home, pronto...getting five and six eggs per day from seven pullets. 2 cockerels that will probably go to the freezer, but if anyone is interested or knows of anyone... Not as time...
  9. Zone3Dakota

    Dominique Thread!

    I should write these things down. My cockerels are about 21 weeks old. They've been crowing for a couple of weeks, at least. Culled before vacation (@17th of July, some were crowing, some were not. Had one that still had pink undeveloped comb on the 17th...so it can vary.
  10. Zone3Dakota

    Dominique Thread!

    We only HAD six to choose from. Culled the others, already, before we went on vacation. This is it. I'm just hoping that Max doesn't end up with a Buttercup topper. For those of you who are on the facebook site, i have started an album. Anyway, i don't totally regret the hatchery...
  11. Zone3Dakota

    Dominique Thread!

    Tank, just a sprig for a tail, so many faults right now that i won't even get into it. Hopefully, he'll stop growing and start filling in a tail. Maybe even lighten up his beak with time...
  12. Zone3Dakota

    Dominique Thread!

    Tank.
  13. Zone3Dakota

    Dominique Thread!

    Mad Max, 21 weeks. Best of six cockerels, very bad comb, tho. He carries his wing down and tail high when i'm in there stirring up the hens. He's also second in command, so is always watchful for the boss. The boss is called tank, because of his grace, is way too big, but the hens love him...
  14. Zone3Dakota

    Dominique Thread!

    Yah, when honey saw the badger, he was right out there with rifle, but the critter was nowhere to be seen, by the time that he got out there. Fresh badger hole with tracks and scat just on the other side of the fence. I'm watching chicken run and coop pretty well, but cannot watch all the...
  15. Zone3Dakota

    Dominique Thread!

    The Dom flock here is now over fifteen weeks old. The dominant cockerels are my best buddies of the bunch, the pullets seem to hang back a bit. I dont handle them much now, they'd just as soon not be picked up. But, the boys are most always walking with me in the run, looking for goodies...
  16. Zone3Dakota

    Investing More In American Dominiques

    I was surprised by the lack of flying skills from my Dominiques. I don't know why i was expecting more flight, maybe because they are not so heavy as some of the dual purpose breeds. I do see some amazing bugging action, though, complete with rebounding/bouncing off the run's fence. thanks
  17. Zone3Dakota

    Investing More In American Dominiques

    Sorry about the wild things getting zapped. It is always something.... Say, i was wondering about your Dom x game crosses when talking about disease resistance. I've read that Doms are not as hardy toward certain disease and that games are generally considered hardy. Any experience that you...
  18. Zone3Dakota

    Dominique Thread!

    Hard to tell (for me) which will continue to grow their spikes in, but if that is what i'm selecting for, i don't think that it will be a problem with this line. I'll try to keep track of percentage, tho, as time goes on. As far as the hens having U shape backs, it will take some more...
  19. Zone3Dakota

    Chicken Breed Focus - Dominique

    Our Dominiques are about 11 weeks old, 14 pullets and 6 cockerels. This is our first time with chickens(well, mom had some that we raised for fryers, but i was a kid, then, and am in sixties, now.) Figured that since we are out in the country and growing most of our veggies, may as well make...
  20. Zone3Dakota

    North Dakota

    Dominiques at about 10 weeks. Lots of molt going on. Just got kicked out into 20 mph winds...imagine that, here on the tundra.
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