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All that states is that Light Brown Leghorns were bred from the Brown (Dark Brown) Leghorn, it doe's not state anything about double breed, or that the result of double breeding made two different varieties like you stated in your post here. Quote: Chris

Where did you get this information from? Light Brown Leghorns are e+ based birds like a Black Breasted Red fowl (black breasted red old english) where the Dark Brown Leghorns are e^b based like a Partridge Fowl (partridge plymouth rock) Chris

WHAT IS DOUBLE MATING? The A.B.C. of Breeding Poultry for Exhibition, Egg-Production and Table Purposes 1919 Double-mating means the mating of two pens, one to produce exhibition cockerels and the other exhibition pullets. This process of breeding has done much to spoil many good old breeds...

I have a Ultraship 55, it has a detachable front that works out nice. It weighs in pounds, pounds : ounces, grams and kilograms. They run around 40.00 at Old Will Knott Scales http://www.oldwillknottscales.com/my-weigh-ultraship55.html Chris

There are a few but look at this old picture that was posted by Yellow House and compare the breeds then and now. (look at the Cornish and Faverolle) Chris

Gorgeous, Simply gorgeous. Chris

Feel free to post. Chris

Thanks saladin, I will do just that. Chris

Well saladin I have been kickin' around the idea of another breed and I think I have it narrowed down to 3 breeds Javas, Dorkings and Asil. I will have do some research (homework) on these 3 breeds to narrow it down to one new breed but I have some time on my hands so that's not a problem...

Quote: LF refers to Large Fowl Chris

Rhode Island Reds (Rose and Single Comb) Russians (Russian Orloff) Spangled Polish (non-bearded, White Cap) Blue, Black, Splash and Self White Turkeys in Black and Blue Slate/Self Blue Silver Appleyard Duck Chris

Quote: Well it has been some time but I got a start on the Incubator. I got the door off and got a 4½" x 19" window cut into it here are some pictures. Before - https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/33115_dsc_0935.jpg After -...

Quote: Well it has been some time but I got a start on the Incubator. I got the door off and got a 4½" x 19" window cut into it here are some pictures. Before - After - Chris

cubalaya, Here is a link to a pair of Toppy Gamefowl. Chris

Quote: Yeah centra, I saw that in your post. It was not that way around my part of the South. Here, dunghill refered to the lack of gameness more than the breeding system involved. Same word but different definitions. Around here a Dunghill referred to a bird with no gameness also. Chris

Quote: It could also be that a breeder by the Dominique (a French boy name) who may have bred a barred chicken and the name stuck to all barred breeds at the time. It would be hard to say just why the title Dominique was given to barred type fowl but it has/was and I believe that is the...

Older picture of a Lamona hen. Chris

buffalogal, It may have to do with the Dominica pit-game fowl. dominiquechicken.com : William C. Denny in Standard-Bred Plymouth Rocks (1911) went to great lengths to explain the difference in origin of the Dominica pit-game and the American Dominique. He theorized that any or all barred fowl...

“Dominique” or “American Dominique” by Roger Voter http://www.dominiquechicken.com/The_Dominique_Name.html Dominique Games http://www.dominiquechicken.com/Dominique_Games.html Chris

buffalogal, The term Dominique describes a group of patterns like Cuckoo, Crele and Barred. Just like Barring describes a group of patterns like Cuckoo, Crele and Penciling. The Dominique Leghorn is/was simply a Barred, Cuckoo or Crele pattered Leghorn it didn't matter witch pattern it may be...