Dominique's or Barred Rock's?? Att: Speckled Hen

[ozark hen]

thanks, I will do that. again, congrats, so glad you have been added.

 

[ozark hen]

Here are today's photos. They, of course, would not stand still.

 

[Arklady]

You all have so dang many pictures I can't load but I finally got this on...

http://feathersite.com/Poultry/CGD/Doms/DCA/BookReviews.htm

This is a picture of a Dominique, probably at a show. So anyways...

The only thing I can see that you need to work on is the combs aren't to specs... that shouldn't be a problem just sell, give away or cull the birds that don't have that nice rounded pea comb. There should be no spikes on the comb at all, in either sex.

Combs should be nicely rounded with a slight flair at the end. Check out the image and google images of your bird..

You will see that the pink legged bird is a barred rock and you should tell the people you got them from that they are not, up to par. In the picture the lady holding the dominique he has near mustard colored legs so your chickens need work on that area as well. Generally you can tighten up the breed genetics by breeding father to daughter and Mothers to sons. Good luck...

btw where did you get them??

Arklady

 

[speckledhen]

Actually, the Doms should have a rose comb, not a pea comb, Paula. Here is a great comparison of Doms vs BRs
http://www.dominiquechicken.com/Dominiques_and_Barred_Rocks.html

 

[ozark hen]

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Thank you, Cyn.