Missouri Dominique Project

[centrarchid]

Pullet in foreground is not based on extended black. She started off brown rather than black.

Not foreign color in bullstag. Comb much to large, likely indication he carries a copy of single comb allele.

 

[centrarchid]

Breeding crele colored game stag to a pure Voter American Dominique is throwing chick color I have not seen before. They are being brooded by mother and I want pure doms out of her before fall so moving chicks over to a game hen that is also hatching today. I am tight on brooder pens since all birds penned to deal with a fox issue. Pictures will follow once all hatched.

 

[YdogsflY]

This is a really interesting project. I admire your dedication to the project as well.

I was not aware that the Dominique of old was White legged/skin. Most of the breed descriptions I have found act like they always were yellow legged and of the current type. The old Shilling print has been my vision of the old dominiques, but I guess it had already been refined by that point?

 

[centrarchid]

Look into older descriptions pre-civil war. Original Dominiques were more variable. Yellow legs where incorporated or fixed at time birds were for other than on the farm consumption. I am after the older homestead version that likely had not lost impacts of game fowl infusion that almost certainly tool place.

 

[YdogsflY]

I will see what I can find on the history when I have some down time.

As far as the Game blood of old, I have always thought there was game in the make up of the Dominique. The way the cocks carry themselves, and the old Shilling print seem reminiscent of game.

I'm looking to add a flock of American Dominiques to our farm soon. So I've been daydreaming about what fowl made up the Dominique. Chicken and Dominique history are very interesting to me. Just most of it is the same regurgitated info starting in the 1800's, then going directly to the split with the Plymouth Rock without much substance. So I'll keep digging.

 

[txplowgirl]

I know this is an old thread but thought someone would like this info. I found a book written by a gentleman named Mike A. Fields, he wrote The American Dominique, A Treatise For the Fancier.
He was friends with Roger and Carol Voter. He also raised the Dominique for close to 50 years. He was also a member of the Dominique Club of America and showed Dominiques and a member of The National Poultry Improvement Plan. I think he knows his birds.

He lives or lived in Missouri. I do not know if he is still alive or not.

I just found this book last night and it is interesting reading.

I am going to start trying myself to breed to the Standard of Perfection following Mike's advice in this book as well as getting some meat and eggs in the process.

 

[centrarchid]

I know the guy and have a copy of his book.

Project on my end still underway. I may be in possession of the last of the Voter strain American Dominiques.

 

[txplowgirl]

I know the guy and have a copy of his book.

Project on my end still underway. I may be in possession of the last of the Voter strain American Dominiques.

Sorry, I should have waited awhile until I had read more over on the other Dominque thread. I'm following both of these threads with great interest. Good to hear that Mr. Fields is still alive and well. Would love to be able to sit and ask him thousands of questions.

 

[centrarchid]

I think he is still in Columbia, MO.

 

[txplowgirl]

Project on my end still underway. I may be in possession of the last of the Voter strain American Dominiques.

I'm just getting started. Don't suppose you would be willing to part with 1 of your Voter roo's would you? I'd even be willing take to 1 of them that wasn't quite up to par with your standards. As long as it was a roo with no game in him.