The Dominique is America's oldest recorded breed of chicken that is in the American Standard of Perfection. There are other American breeds of poultry that are older.
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Those side springs are definitely not from Marans. Marans are relatively new here and the flocks showing the odd side spikes in the back of the comb are small barnyard chickens with tiny combs and wattles, laying off-white eggs. No French or Spanish breeds in there for sure.
It'd be...
When you read the term "Double Comb" in some of the older texts they are referring to a Comb that looks like two Single Combs running parallel to each other much like a Pea Comb with out the center row of spikes.
The comb is the result of crossing and back crossing the Rose and Single Comb for...