Dominique Thread!

[Poop Cleaner]

I was thinking 4-5. 4 hens and a cockerel. Is there a good way to do the brooder outdoors?

 

[JulesChicks]

I was thinking 4-5. 4 hens and a cockerel. Is there a good way to do the brooder outdoors?

Yes! Check out this thread: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/956958/mama-heating-pad-in-the-brooder-picture-heavy-update

You need electricity (extension cord will do) but no heat lamp and the chicks tend to feather out faster. I switched to this after a couple of weeks of a heat lamp brooder set up in the bathroom - never again! Good luck!

 

[Sylvester017]

I was thinking 4-5. 4 hens and a cockerel. Is there a good way to do the brooder outdoors?

That's a good question. I don't keep my chicks outdoors. I order juveniles 2 to 5 months old and keep them in-house for quarantine to have vet checkups and fecal tests before integrating outdoors. Someone else will need to answer that brooder question for you. Your 4 pullets and 1 cockerel sound like a good number if you are planning a personal flock. For sales of chicks or hatching eggs for business you'll eventually need a broader stock. Enjoy your Doms - I love them. Even as chicks they are less fearful of humans and more outgoing and curious than some other chick breeds.

 

[Alaskan]

I live where it is cold..l keep chicks in the house for 2 to 4 weeks, then move then to a small draft free tractor.

By 6 weeks they are old enough to go from the draft free coop area of the tractor to the run.

I do sometimes have to use a bit of heat in the coop part for the first week.... But my summers run from the 40s to the 50s with rare mid 60s.

 

[Faraday40]

Bubbles laid her 1st egg!!!!! A cute little pinkish egg.

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My little chick is all grown up now.

 

[Alaskan]

Bubbles laid her 1st egg!!!!! A cute little pinkish egg. :cd e . My little chick is all grown up now.

Congrats!!! I greatly enjoy the pretty pink Dominique eggs! My girls are finally starting to come back on line.

 

[cupofJoelene]

We have a Dom who lays a very blushy pink egg and it's so pretty!

 

[Faraday40]

I agree the Dom eggs are a very pretty color. My Dom's eggs are also kind of rounded. I can't wait to see how they'll look once they get up to normal size.

 

[Poop Cleaner]

Congratulations. Do any of you have pictures? I have one Dominique and she is my favorite. Smallest in the flock but she is top bird. I am hoping she is still laying so I can get a roo and make more.

 

[Faraday40]

Asking a person with chickens if they have any pics is like asking a mom to see a baby photo. LOL

Here are my eggs from yesterday & today. The smaller eggs are from my spring 2015 chicks. The 3 big eggs are from adult hens. My backyard mix hens tend to lay extremely large eggs. 2.8oz & up. I also have a blue & a green egg layer, but they're taking a break right now. My Orpington pullets haven't started laying yet, so not many eggs. Enough for our family's use, but I must ration the eggs so I can plan for the extra holiday baking.


Here's so you can see the size of our cute little pink eggs.