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Breed a Silver duckwing onto a BB red or vice versa. You should get goldens.

Put the eggs in an egg carton, and turn the carton on it's side. Flip the carton once a day (So the eggs are turned 180 degrees). Keep them preferably in a cool dark place (out of direct sunlight, somewhere consistently between 60 and 70 degrees). My basement works ideal. Their viability will...

Yes, you can definitely incubate them. I have incubated pullet eggs with no problems. You may notice a slight size difference in the chicks that hatch from a small pullet egg versus a large egg from a hen who has been laying for awhile, but I have not noticed any differences in the birds as they...

Generally after a few months (2-4) their eggs should be about normal size, my Dominique eggs would be considered "Medium" or "large" from the supermarket, but not the xxLarge or anything like that. But yes, at first their eggs are small.

That would make sense that hatchery birds would be more likely to be less pure and therefore more likely to throw single combs . . I have hatched hundreds of chicks but have never had any whites. Do you mean you got them just when breeding the pure Voter birds without any other strains?

My Dominiques are a blend of different strains, predominantly including Stichler and Voter. What strain did you find throws out a lot of single combs?

It can vary, I find about 1 in 30 or so. The ones who usually have the single combs are the roosters, though I've had hens with single combs too. I do not use them in my breeding program. They are still Dominiques, just with a defect. It is like an orpington with pink legs (instead of...

Ok, thanks

Could go either way - usually the hen's combs and wattles don't turn really red until they are a few weeks older. I have had some roosters combs start to redden when as young as 5 weeks, while some take 8-12 weeks.

As far as sexing goes, a cockerel's legs are light, a pullet's dark from day one. I have looked and never seen any correlation between head spots and sex, but it could very well be my strain. Does anyone here know if Craig Russel still breeds white Dominiques?

Quote: https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/72823_19.jpg Photo 2011 T.Perg That is a nice bird, as others said great color!

Quote: Yes it has. Pictures soon, promise, even if he's just running around the yard.(*) Extraordinaryfowl, the picture you posted of Mike's pullet isn't showing up anymore, could you repost? Also, we'd love to print it in the Club newsletter (with proper credit to the photographer), if you...

Quote: They had barring a reddish color in place of the black were these gamefowl? A lot of folks when they speak of old fashioned Doms are refering to the gamefowl. http://www.dominiquechicken.com/Dominique_Games.html Here it is!

Quote: I was looking for that post Gallus! I remember that thread very well because less than a month after that I saw "Red Doms" in cages in the back of some guy's truck on their way to the auction. He was getting gas, and actually, I saw his partially tarped goat cage first, and wondered...

Quote: So they were pure red like a Rhode Island, or did they possess any barring at all? They had barring a reddish color in place of the black That's really neat! Did he mean that they were mutations from his black/white stock?

Quote: So they were pure red like a Rhode Island, or did they possess any barring at all?

Quote: No Russian Orloffs are another breed - They aren't referring to the "Red Dominique" as the same thing . There are reported to really be "red Dominiques" somewhere.

Quote: Isaw this the other day. I was wondering about this after I seen this ad. user 8312383 Douglasville, GA Post #: 44 I guess the early bug gets the chick. I guess the bug has bitten already. With the weather as nice as its been, and all the fertile eggs that we don't want to loose to...