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I had to go take a picture of mean Marlene the delaware. I'm pretty sure she is one, she lays huge light brown eggs and this spring I incubated one of hers just to see what I'd get. I got a cockrel that made me think she's a delaware even more. I'm including a picture of him too. I gave him away he was going to be huge and at four months was knee high to me and could bite the blood out of ya.He's got some off legs too but that's his dad's doings. Ok one final piece of information I had to wait on, Marlene's egg on the far left compared to Susan and Hobo's that's actually a pretty big one for Susan.
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Sylvester017 said:
@RodNTN and @Chickassan
Doms are hyper-personality chicks but seem to calm down after POL. DH calls our 3 chicks the "Powerpuff Girls" because they never stop running around! They love to step onto our shoes, jump into our hands, or fly up to our arm and they're not quite 6 weeks old. These are a personality-plus breed if anyone is looking for a very friendly chicken breed. I would NEVER choose to place these sweet souls into a flock of heavies like RIRs, Marans, Orps, Delawares, Sexlinks, etc -- I mean, owners have put Doms in with assertive breeds but I choose not to simply because of the more calm non-combative nature of the Dom adults. It's amazing how fast our chicks grew from day-olds to one-month-olds in the blink of an eye!
Someone suspected I had two males but I'm pretty sure these are all girls. They're from Privett Hatchery from my local feed store and were guaranteed females. They're not all growing at the same rate. The littlest one is at the front of the photo looking at the camera -- she's my favorite because she's personable but not pushy. Wish I had a child in the household to play with and train these chicks -- the chicks are very eager to learn and explore new things and I simply don't have the extra time to spend w/ them.
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I do have 2 Buff Orpingtons in my flock. My two Dom cockerels get along wonderfully with one of the Orps, but the other Orp does like to scare the Doms. And since Charlie is so submissive he gets, in a manner of speaking, walked on all the time :p
 
I have been lurking on this thread since I joined but have not posted anything.... But in three months we will be getting our first Dominiques! :wee:wee:wee:wee
I have owned this breed before but not for almost two years. :th
 
RodNTN said:
Btw, this is my first winter with Dominique's. Are they good winter birds?
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Mine did great.. Better than all my other birds.... They were the ones that didn't need a heat lamp or warmth to keep laying, just kept them away from the draft and dry. Loved these birds.
 
I am new to all of this chicken stuff? How is the rooster temperament? I think our new Dominique is a male. He is our only one. Silly question but can breeds cross breed? All of the other chicks we believe are female but different breeds.
 

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