Miss_Lavransdatter
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- Feb 19, 2021
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Hey everyone! I made a post about this a few months back but didn't get much interest. I am ordering 25 day old, straight run Dominique chicks from a private breeder sometime this summer/fall (the timing is a little hazy because the breeder is running a very small, family operation) and was hoping someone might be interested in the extras. I would like to keep about 10 pullets and 1-2 cockerels, so the others, likely a majority cockerels, would need new homes. I am paying $5 a chick so thought $3 a chick might be a fair price, but feel free to reach out with other offers.
About Dominiques: they are a heritage breed, the oldest in America, known as exceptional foragers (perhaps the best) and very good dual purpose birds. They lay 3-5 light brown eggs a week, typically small-medium in size, although the breeder I'm ordering from makes sure to breed for a good size egg. They are very tolerant of both heat and cold, go broody occasionally to often, and make very good mothers. Together with the Black Java, Dominiques are a parent breed for the better known Barred Plymouth Rocks, sharing their black and white coloring.
I plan to start a dual-purpose, self-sustaining flock with these birds that will eventually provide all my family's (chicken) meat and eggs while also finding a majority of their feed through foraging. Overall, I think this is an exceptional choice for a hardy, intelligent, and economical homestead breed, and one that many old-timers can vouch for - you may have heard your parents or grandparents affectionately refer to any black-and-white barred chicken as a "Dominicker", as they held a beloved place in American farmyards for hundreds of years.
About Dominiques: they are a heritage breed, the oldest in America, known as exceptional foragers (perhaps the best) and very good dual purpose birds. They lay 3-5 light brown eggs a week, typically small-medium in size, although the breeder I'm ordering from makes sure to breed for a good size egg. They are very tolerant of both heat and cold, go broody occasionally to often, and make very good mothers. Together with the Black Java, Dominiques are a parent breed for the better known Barred Plymouth Rocks, sharing their black and white coloring.
I plan to start a dual-purpose, self-sustaining flock with these birds that will eventually provide all my family's (chicken) meat and eggs while also finding a majority of their feed through foraging. Overall, I think this is an exceptional choice for a hardy, intelligent, and economical homestead breed, and one that many old-timers can vouch for - you may have heard your parents or grandparents affectionately refer to any black-and-white barred chicken as a "Dominicker", as they held a beloved place in American farmyards for hundreds of years.
) and on the Maryland poultry swap group, which got no offers. I should probably try again when I actually have the chicks; I've noticed that the posts with the most activity all contain pictures of the adorable chicks they're trying to get rid of!
