Looking to cross Black Australorp with Dominique, any thoughts or experience?

[jjdward]

I have always like Dominiques and plan on getting some in the near future. I have also been toying with the idea of breeding my own black sex links. Since I already have an Australorp rooster, I thought of using him over a dominique hen. I was wondering what you thought of this cross and see if anybody had any first hand experience. Looking forward to hearing from you!

 

[tadkerson]

No first hand experience but would be an excellent cross for producing black sex links. Depending on the females genetics- all the offspring will have rose combs or some offspring will have rose combs and other offspring will have single combs. The males will have female barring- the males will only inherit one barring allele from the Domi female.

Tim

 

[jjdward]

Cool!