Dominique Thread!

[centrarchid]

Try placing live meal worms on your hand and forearm. Then allow chick to investigate. Proceed in baby steps. Should take very little effort to get birds to fly some distance for the eats.


[VIDEO]

[VIDEO]

Some details to process in following thread.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/388547/training-chickens-for-voluntary-flight

 

[centrarchid]

What is in that bird beyond dominique? More is off than simply the comb.

 

[rich1991]

What is in that bird beyond dominique? More is off than simply the comb.

What do u mean its a Dominique i was told

 

[centrarchid]

He looks half something that is of lighter build than dominique and does not carry sex-linked barring. I see hint of basal color pattern. Also look at comb.

 

[mermaids]

Does he have white earlobes?

 

[THeelChickinKY]

He looks similar to the Dominique/French Copper Marans crosses we hatched from our flock last year. The cockerels all got the copper head and neck along with the barring, so from a distance, that is what the coloring looked like.

 

[centrarchid]

I think bird above less than 1/2 dominique. Half would still have rose comb.

 

[mermaids]

Try placing live meal worms on your hand and forearm. Then allow chick to investigate. Proceed in baby steps. Should take very little effort to get birds to fly some distance for the eats.

Some details to process in following thread.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/388547/training-chickens-for-voluntary-flight

Are these your doms in the videos?

 

[centrarchid]

No, American Games. Doms not suited for the flights posted. Dom training at that time restricted to brooder room. They would fly up about 24" to lip of brooder then fly about 36" horizontally to my arm. Subsequent dom training outside did not involve much flying and roosters reached weights that were not comfortable to have land on you anyway.

 

[N2nicole]

Today puddles jumped on fire rose!