Dominique Thread!

[Alaskan]

Here are some photos of the 7 week old doms. I didn't get them all, and the photos are from a poor camera.


This first little one (double purple band) is much smaller than the others and was from hatch. He/she grows slowly. I've wondered if the breeder had any bantams and this one got in by mistake but haven't checked with her. For a long time I suspected it was a boy due to it's very outgoing behavior. It always runs right over and wants to be with me.

Double purple band...
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Green Band. Not a great photo. I've also wondered if this one is male. View attachment 1490191


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Red & Purple Band
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And...The offending cockerel - blue band.
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There is one more that I didn't get. I think it's the one in this photo (no band).

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The first 2 look much lighter in color... so male.

Nice set of birds.

 

[Leahs Mom]

I'm pretty sure that I have 3 cockerels. The tiny one with double purple, the green band, and the big blue band boy. They all match in overall coloring though the legs aren't consistent.

I wonder what the issue is with the tiny one. These boys are literally small, medium, and large. The little one is growing, but about 1/3 of the size of the others.

 

[Sylvester017]

@Leahs Mom My 3 Dom chicks were definitely pullets when I ordered them and I got to choose the chicks I wanted out of the bin the day they arrived at the feed store. And all 3 of them grew differently -- some had uneven wattles growing in, one pullet was lighter in color than the other 2, and all their combs looked different. But after they passed the 5-month age and started laying they all had the same length wattles, they all had the same depth of feather color (I couldn't tell the lighter feather chick from the darker feathered pullrts anymore), and the only way I could distinguish them apart was by the shape of their rose combs. They do seem to sport different shapes in rose combs. I was happy that all 3 had the leader (spike) at the back of their comb! So wait for your juveniles to grow up more before making any judgments as to sex. My chicks were all day-old chicks but one was growing faster and bigger than the other two but she turned out definitely a pullet in the end! One patient breeder told me not to worry about the uneven wattle growth because they even up when adults and sure 'nuf they did! The age of your chicks was a fun time for us to watch the changes they went through growing up!

 

[nekker57]

I have one that is lighter colored than the rest of the flock. She is more of a gray and white pattern.

 

[Leahs Mom]

I've also had a different breed that had the comb and wattles of a male and I didn't know for sure until she laid an egg!

I'll continue to keep a watch on them over the next few weeks

 

[Sylvester017]

@Leahs Mom With chicks they go through so many changes and you just never know anything for certain until the first egg is layed. In fact, crowing can be done by females so crowing is not even an earmark that it's a male! Chickens -- they keep you guessing, eh?

 

[Leahs Mom]

I did have a crowing hen once.

Whistling girls
And crowing hens
Both will come
To no good ends

 

[Leahs Mom]

A pretty little Dom pullet just for the heck of it.

The end.

 

[Sylvester017]

A pretty little Dom pullet just for the heck of it.

The end.

DO YOUR PULLETS STILL HAVE THE PRETTY JUVENILE BLUE EYES? I HATED TO SEE THE BLUE EYES ON OUR YOUNG DOMS EVENTUALLY CHANGE TO THE ADULT REDDISH-BAY.

 

[Faraday40]

I did have a crowing hen once.

Whistling girls
And crowing hens
Both will come
To no good ends

I have a sebright & a silkie that both like to crow.....mostly when they're broody. They think it makes them tough. Of course my big gentle hens don't mess around with broody bantams, so I guess it works.