Dominique Large Fowl

[Peppermint]

Beautiful, beautiful birds. Congrats on your dedicated work!

 

[kathyinmo]

Just peeking in to see how it's going....

Love the picture of the flock. What a pretty site! Very nice!

 

[NYREDS]

Here's a message I just got from someone who got eggs from me awhile back.

Hi Mr. Post: I just wanted to let you know that the eggs I got from you hatched...26 went to lock down and 19 hatched.​

 

[Chris09]

Excellent line of bird you have there Bill.
Who ever gets the wining bid is going to have there self some of the best Dominique Large Fowl in the country.


Chris

 

[Cydney83]

Wonderful person and great chicks! Hatched out great! Good luck!

 

[marquisella]

What is the egg laying rate of Dominiques? I really don't know...Thanks

 

[NYREDS]

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Having not trap nested I can't give a precise answer but I can offer a general impression. Mine are dependable layers, meaning that they lay year round. I currently have 17 adult females & I have gathered as many as 16 eggs in a day. On some of our coldest winter days [temps below zero for several days in a row I generally got only 5-6 eggs but there were no days when I got no eggs.
The Dominiques, like the other American breeds, were intended as dual purpose birds who laid dependably & were a reasomable sized table fowl. They will not lay like some of the brown egg hybrids or the hybrid Leghorns.
I would estimato that mine lay in the 250-275 eggs per year range.

 

[steelefarming]

This is going to be the longest 2 days, still can't believe these haven't went higher.

 

[tgrlily]

Quote:
There are always lurkers waiting till the very end.

 

[mississippifarmboy]

Yeah, and some of us are broke this month.