Sexing Dominique Babies

[Ted_Harrell]

I obtained the eggs from a friend I work with so I don't know. He also has game and something he called red rocks, which I assume is a black sex link...

 

[cstephens1987]

I obtained the eggs from a friend I work with so I don't know. He also has game and something he called red rocks, which I assume is a black sex link...

Yes a red Rock is the same as a black sex link and would make sense with what you have. If they were F1 then the ones without head spots would be pullets and the ones with them would be cockerels. I'm concerned though that these may not be first generation which could mean there's no telling exactly what's going on.

 

[Ted_Harrell]

So it is a wait and see, thank you sir

 

[Ted_Harrell]

I think the first one is a boy and the second a girl, but we'll see

 

[Frazzemrat1]

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I think the first one is a boy and the second a girl, but we'll see

Well, if they're sex links instead of pure bred doms, then that would be correct... but only if their properly sex linked. I.E. the mother was the dom and the father was something else not barred. If it was the other way around (the father was the dom, and the mother wasn't barred) then they aren't sex linked and its up in the air.

 

[5 Points Wingfeather]

I read an article today that said 93 percent of the time Dominique males have yellow feet. Is that true

 

[Frazzemrat1]

I read an article today that said 93 percent of the time Dominique males have yellow feet. Is that true

Dominiques have yellow legs and feet. Females will have a dark wash over the legs, but otherwise they have to have yellow legs and feet. Its a breed trait.

 

[5 Points Wingfeather]

Dominiques have yellow legs and feet. Females will have a dark wash over the legs, but otherwise they have to have yellow legs and feet. Its a breed trait.

http://dominiquechicken.com/home/breeding-information/sexing-the-chicks/

What do you make of this? I got a day old Dominique (sexed pullet) from Meyer. It has yellow feet and I’ll attach a picture of the head.

 

[5 Points Wingfeather]

http://dominiquechicken.com/home/breeding-information/sexing-the-chicks/

What do you make of this? I got a day old Dominique (sexed pullet) from Meyer. It has yellow feet and I’ll attach a picture of the head. View attachment 2760714

The article seems to indicate I got a cockerel but I don’t know if the article is correct and I don’t know if the Dominiques at Meyer are pure bred enough for it to matter

 

[Frazzemrat1]

The article seems to indicate I got a cockerel but I don’t know if the article is correct and I don’t know if the Dominiques at Meyer are pure bred enough for it to matter

It used to be the case that you could sex barred rocks, dominiques and cuckoo marans by the head spot, but in hatchery quality birds the reliability of this has drastically gone down.