- Purpose:Dual-Purpose
- Eggs:Brown
- Egg Size:Medium-Small
- Color:Black/White
- Comb Type:Rose
Travel back in time to the Eastern United States in the 1700’s, and you’d find Dominique chickens strutting their stuff among the settlers and beginning homesteaders. This is the first American breed developed, intended for a general-use, dual-purpose bird.
It was quite popular for a time, but had a dangerously close brush with extinction in modern days! If you’re looking for a chicken with a history to tell, perhaps helping rescue this breed is for you.
As far as standard-sized chickens go, the Dominique tends to be on the small size, and so as a dual-purpose bird, it produces small-to medium eggs and a small butchered carcass–things to keep in mind if you’re trying to build the most productive flock for your investments!
Additionally, though every rooster has its own individual traits, many tend to be quite aggressive. Though this translates well against hawks and foxes, this is something to be aware of when you walk into the coop.
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Characteristics
If you were a colonist trying to establish a homestead in a wild, new land, you’d better believe you wouldn’t want to spend your time nursing fragile, sensitive chickens! Thus, the Dominique is an incredibly self-reliant, hardy bird.
A fantastic forager with tightly-arranged, cold-hardy feathering, these black and white beauties can hold their own when it comes to free ranging on the land. Though their alert personalities make them predator-savvy, it doesn’t make them unfriendly! In fact, the calm, easy disposition of these chickens makes them easily-handled show birds, as well as genial backyard flock members.
Hens are gentle, nurturing mothers who can go broody but are also capable of laying a decent number of eggs a year. As a bonus, chicks are sex-linked, so you will be able to tell your future hens from your roosters from day one! Roosters aregood flock protectorsas well.
What’s The Yield?
Originally developed to be used for both meat and eggs, the somewhat diminutive Dominique excels more at producing eggs. Hens usually produce 230-274medium or small brown eggsper year.
Thestandard weight一只公鸡重7磅,而一只母鸡重5磅左右。如果你希望一只肉多的鸟,但像多米尼克有吸引力的外观,横斑岩是有点大,有点难以从视觉上区分!
What’s The Difference Between Dominiques And Barred Rocks Anyway?
对许多人来说,多米尼鸡在视觉上似乎是横斑岩的同义词,但它们有显著的区别。首先,横木摇滚是一个较新的品种,实际上,在某种程度上,源自较老的多米尼克。横木的单梳也是一个肯定的赠品,因为玫瑰梳的多米尼克是具体的结构,以及它的较长的尾巴。
Barred Rocks are also slightly bigger and generally lay more eggs per week. Some sources also indicate that there is a difference between the barred feather pattern of the Barred Rock and the “cuckoo” feather pattern of the Dominique, but put a mixed batch of the birds in a flock, and I bet you’d be hard-pressed to tell the difference!
Pictures Of Dominique Chickens
Resources
- Dominique, The Livestock Conservancy
- Dominique, My Pet Chicken
- Dominique, Backyard Chickens
- Everything You Need To Know About The Dominique Chicken, Wide Open Pets
- Dominique Chickens: Heritage Poultry Breeds, Mother Earth News
- Dominique Chickens, Purely Poultry
- Dominique Chicken Personality: Friendly, Active, Nantahala Farm & Garden
- Poultry Breeds – Dominiques Chickens, Oklahoma State University
- Dominique Chickens, Othala Acres
- Difference between Barred Rock and Dominique Chickens, Buzzle
- The Dominique: America’s First Chicken Breed, Dominique Club Of America
- 为什么多米尼克?, Dominique Club Of America