Dominique Thread!

[lazy gardener]

Feathers look female, beak and feet look male. But, I'm far from experienced... put me at the other end of the spectrum!

 

[EastNashChick]

I vote male. Keep us updated!!

 

[JediJinx]

The legs look very clean. A female would have a dark wash over the top of the shanks and toes. He's adorable!

 

[Alaskan]

I have found the boys get color on their comb very early, like 4 weeks...

I think he looks boy too.

 

[Sylvester017]

Guesses on sex? (Sorry for the blurry pic, phone wouldn't focus on the right thing.)

I always use the dark shading down the legs and tops of toes to identify the females. It's hard to tell on these photos but if you look closely our girl had strips of this shading on her legs and tops of toes. She also had a tight white dot on the very top of her head (not the neck splashing like the boys have) but Privett Hatchery covered her tight white head spot with a blue dot to identify her from the Barred Rocks in the shipment so her dot doesn't show in these photos.

 

[vpatt]

I heard my first Dominique crow this morning!! Joe has been practicing all morning, I love it!

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[vpatt]

He is not yet in charge.

 

[Alaskan]

love the fluffed out ruff!

 

[vpatt]

love the fluffed out ruff!

Lol.....that hen is one of his bosses and they had just bucked up against each other. Just as he puffed himself up a breeze came up behind him. He is just beginning to realize he is a rooster. He crowed all day Wednesday and I haven't heard him since then.

 

[lazy gardener]

Since adding light, all 3 of my Dom gals have started laying again. The egg famine is over for me!