Hello all,
My name is Leah and my family and I are proud owners of 15 Dominique chickens and we are in love with them. I must admit my first choice was Dorking chickens but they are hard to find. I did know that i wanted to help the endangered chickens and have heritage chickens. So i did my research as one should and found the Dominique chickens to be perfect for my family. My husband and I have a 9 year old son, a 5 year daughter, a cat and a dog. The dominiques have been very gentle with my children thus far. They are only 2.5 months old! We live in Idaho and just moved into our dream home in hopes of starting a small farmstead, starting with chickens. I would like to raise and sell chickens, eggs and meat. I have a lot to learn and hope to get lots of tips and wisdom from my fellow chicken lovers on BYC. My number 1 question (and i am really getting ahead of myself) is on how to raise more than 1 breed without intermixing the breeds. I would like to raise chickens that are rare as well as rare to my area. I would like to stay true to the "pureness" of the breed.
Anyways, a little bit more about my chickens. I bought a straight-run and ended up with 7 roosters and 8 hens. I am anxious for them to start laying eggs. I have read anywhere from 4-6months is when this happens for this breed. 1 of my roosters surprised me the otherday by attempting to crow. I encouraged the practice as much as i could. It was very exciting, so much that i tried this morning again but sadly with no luck.
I look forward to sharing my chicken stories with you all!
My name is Leah and my family and I are proud owners of 15 Dominique chickens and we are in love with them. I must admit my first choice was Dorking chickens but they are hard to find. I did know that i wanted to help the endangered chickens and have heritage chickens. So i did my research as one should and found the Dominique chickens to be perfect for my family. My husband and I have a 9 year old son, a 5 year daughter, a cat and a dog. The dominiques have been very gentle with my children thus far. They are only 2.5 months old! We live in Idaho and just moved into our dream home in hopes of starting a small farmstead, starting with chickens. I would like to raise and sell chickens, eggs and meat. I have a lot to learn and hope to get lots of tips and wisdom from my fellow chicken lovers on BYC. My number 1 question (and i am really getting ahead of myself) is on how to raise more than 1 breed without intermixing the breeds. I would like to raise chickens that are rare as well as rare to my area. I would like to stay true to the "pureness" of the breed.
Anyways, a little bit more about my chickens. I bought a straight-run and ended up with 7 roosters and 8 hens. I am anxious for them to start laying eggs. I have read anywhere from 4-6months is when this happens for this breed. 1 of my roosters surprised me the otherday by attempting to crow. I encouraged the practice as much as i could. It was very exciting, so much that i tried this morning again but sadly with no luck.
I look forward to sharing my chicken stories with you all!
Good luck to you!
and Welcome To BYC! Pretty birds! Good luck with your flock, you might like to check out the Dominique thread in the breeds forum 
