Dominique Thread!

[centrarchid]

I look at leg and beak coloration, and leg size with these. The Cackle strain is more strait forward. With mine, using down only under represents females in a big way.

 

[centrarchid]

Having way much fun feeding 12 dom bitties with live meal worms. Kids really getting into it.

 

[Alaskan]

I look at leg and beak coloration, and leg size with these. The Cackle strain is more strait forward. With mine, using down only under represents females in a big way.

interesting

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

Nope, that is a PVC pipe cutters. You apply the blade to the back of the neck and squeeze....No more rooster problems and you have dinner in hand.

Ah, I see. Couldn't tell the size of it from the picture.

I have tried that approach multiple times, even with a couple of doms. Results not sustained without continuous handling. Sustained means holds up for years.

I am aware that it probably won't be permanent, but it's been the best method with Domino so far.

I prefer breeding for excellent temperament and not having to ever worry about aggression.

I don't plan to breed him, I don't even have any dominique hens.

 

[Sylvester017]

Ah, I see. Couldn't tell the size of it from the picture.

I am aware that it probably won't be permanent, but it's been the best method with Domino so far.

I don't plan to breed him, I don't even have any dominique hens.

So glad you rescued Domino. I hear the Dom roos are great -- at least the majority of them from all the dialog I've had w/ owners. We recommended Doms and Buckeyes to a Colorado couple who wanted a cold hardy flock. They got a quad of Doms plus two Buckeye pullets and said they absolutely loved the whole group and especially the Dom roo. Roos are pretty impressive anyway but I hear some really neat feedback re Dom roos. I personally would not have more assertive roo breeds like RIR or Leghorn, etc, but if I could keep roos I wouldn't mind trying a Dom roo. I've had a Silkie cockerel and a Breda cockerel and they were real sweeties. Like Forrest Gump, you never really know what you're gonna get.

 

[Sylvester017]

I look at leg and beak coloration, and leg size with these. The Cackle strain is more strait forward. With mine, using down only under represents females in a big way.

My 3 Dom pullets were from Privett Hatchery and in my dinosaur-stage juveniles there was a lot of white on the back of their necks as they lost baby feathers and got juvenile feather growth. Really made me wonder for a couple seconds if they weren't really cockerels instead. But they definitely were pullets with the dark leg/toe shading and black spot on the beak. I really preferred to get Cackle Doms but it was late season when two of my 4 hens died within two months of each other leaving me with only one Silkie and one Breda hen left. I scrambled to get replacement chickens and decided on Doms and only could get them as chicks from my local feed store who ordered Doms for me from Privett. It was a roller-coaster ride raising 3 Dom chicks in the kitchen brooder but I wouldn't trade them for the world. They are the most talkative, friendly, active breed and surprised us with their productivity. We've got eggs in the garage fridge, the kitchen fridge, in an egg carton on the counter and in an egg skelter on the counter -- more eggs than the two of us need so I've been sending home a dozen with DS every weekend! The Dom pullet eggs are 2-oz and I suppose when they begin their next hen laying cycle the eggs will be slightly larger -- not that I'm complaining because pullet eggs always seem to start out small.

 

[Leahs Mom]

I'm glad to hear that most of you have good experience with Dom roos. I have one friend up here that seems to have had some issues with the Dom boys that she doesn't with her other breed roos. I'm hoping that any roos in my coming batch (6) will be decent boys. Last time I had chicks there were 6 boys out of 12 chicks (no Doms) and there was only one that turned out to have a decent demeanor. None of the others survived the cut. (No pun intended but...)

 

[Sylvester017]

I'm glad to hear that most of you have good experience with Dom roos. I have one friend up here that seems to have had some issues with the Dom boys that she doesn't with her other breed roos. I'm hoping that any roos in my coming batch (6) will be decent boys. Last time I had chicks there were 6 boys out of 12 chicks (no Doms) and there was only one that turned out to have a decent demeanor. None of the others survived the cut. (No pun intended but...)

With personalities -- like Forrest Gump, you never know how chickens turn out. So much depends on the breeds put together in a flock, whether flock dynamics change like adding or taking away birds, whether the roos are in a bachelor pad or in competition for females in open range, etc etc. My two cockerels were sweeties because at the time each was the only male around. However, my little Silkie cockerel only had one Silkie pullet and he mounted her too many times a day so we had to rehome him -- especially since he crowed and crowed and crowed too! We aren't zoned for roos so we had to rehome the Breda cockerel too but he is an indoor/outdoor chicken at our friend's chicken/duck rescue farm.

 

[centrarchid]

Getting ready for more population increase.
Dom eggs and 19 game eggs.

34 Missouri Doms.

 

[Alaskan]

I just now tossed some doms in a pen... now I have to wait at least a month for pure eggs....

nice start there @centrarchid you are way ahead of me!