Dominique Thread!

[DraigAthar]

ISBN 978-1-909270-19-0 The American Dominique
Now available in electronic format. Mark fields is my new American Dominique Hero! I'm already about 1/2 way through, though not digesting every word and sentence at this point.....

I just bought it! I am SO excited to read this.

 

[vnsseed]

Barred Rocks have a different body shape and are larger than Dominiques. If you posted some pics, we could at least have a guess. But Dominiques and Barred Rocks have been mingled a lot over the history of both breeds, so often there's a blurring of the lines. Still, a lot of people here are very familiar with the Dominique standard and can at least tell you where your birds meet (or fail to meet) the breed standard.

According to Barred Rock folks... BR's were created by crossing Doms and Black Javas. Here is a good comparison of Doms and BR's:

http://dominiquechicken.com/Dominiques_and_Barred_Rocks.html

 

[Chris09]

According to Barred Rock folks... BR's were created by crossing Doms and Black Javas. Here is a good comparison of Doms and BR's:

http://dominiquechicken.com/Dominiques_and_Barred_Rocks.html

Wrong Dominique, Remember back then the term Dominique also meant a color/pattern.
The Dominique that was used to create the Barred Rock was a Single Comb Breed that most likely a game breed.


Chris

 

[TexasWolf]

what?

 

[yogi]

I have10 Dominiques that I hatched. They are 3 weeks old and already I can see a distinct difference in color. Six are very dark and 4 have much lighter feathers on their wings. I believe I have 6 hens and 4 roosters.

 

[Chris09]

what?

To who is the what for?

Chris

 

[TexasWolf]

To who is the what for?

Chris

never knew that they are gameish.

 

[Chris09]

never knew that they are gameish.

If you read the Standard for the Plymouth Rock it reads;
"The first and most prominent cross was that of a Dominique male with Black Cochin or Black Java female which was originally made at Putnam, Connecticut. The Dominique male used was not the American or Rose Comb Dominique male which became a standard breed in 1874, but a single combed, hawk-colored fowl commonly found in that locality."

Most common fowl found at that time were game type fowl.
Much like this --
http://www.dominiquechicken.com/Dominique_Games.html

Chris

 

[centrarchid]

If you read the Standard for the Plymouth Rock it reads;
"The first and most prominent cross was that of a Dominique male with Black Cochin or Black Java female which was originally made at Putnam, Connecticut. The Dominique male used was not the American or Rose Comb Dominique male which became a standard breed in 1874, but a single combed, hawk-colored fowl commonly found in that locality."

Most common fowl found at that time were game type fowl.
Much like this --
http://www.dominiquechicken.com/Dominique_Games.html

Chris

It was not too much before that time that what would become the American dominique was made up of rose and single comb varieties and neither where gamefowl. Also several other breeds, some potentially of recent European origin at that time, were hawk-colored and one could have been locally abundant in the local where barred Plymouth Rock development got underway. Short of running genetic analysis on feathers or other tissue samples from that time period, it is difficult to say what the initial makeup of barred Plymouth Rocks was at that time.

 

[extraordinaryfowl]

How often do Dominiques end up with single combs?

It can vary, I find about 1 in 30 or so. The ones who usually have the single combs are the roosters, though I've had hens with single combs too. I do not use them in my breeding program.

They are still Dominiques, just with a defect. It is like an orpington with pink legs (instead of white), or a polish without a crest. They are still that breed, just defective specimens.