Decatur, IL
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- Purpose
- dual
- Egg color
- brown
- Eggs / year
- ~230
- Hen weight
- ~5 lbs
- Cold hardy
- Yes
- Heat tolerant
- Yes
- Temperament
- calm, steady, self-sufficient
- Forages
- excellent
- Broodiness
- moderate
- APA class
- American
- NPIP stock code
- R42
- Origin
- United States
Breed guide
Dominique
Also known as: Dominicker, Pilgrim Fowl
America's oldest recognized breed, a colonial-era barnyard fowl with cuckoo barring and a rose comb. Tell it from a Barred Rock by that rose comb and the staggered barring. On range the birds are thrifty and keep an eye out for predators.
Keeper's notes
Rose comb and tight feathering carry them through a cold, wet winter. They range well and ask for very little.
From the 1910 Standard of Perfection
Class: American
Standard weights: cock 7 lbs, hen 5 lbs, cockerel 6 lbs, pullet 4 lbs
“Comb: Rose, not so large as to overhang the eyes or beak; firm and straight on head, terminating in a spike at rear, the point of which turns slightly upward.”
Disqualifications: Permanent white in ear-lobes; any feather or portion of a feather of any color foreign to the breed, excepting solid black and black and white feathers.
APA recognized varieties
American · American Standard of Perfection, 2010 list
Dominique 1874
Dominique listings
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Where to find Dominique
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Regional breeders with this breed on file (14)
Fayetteville, IL
Waterloo, IL
West Mansfield, OH
Napolean, OH
Jeffersonville, OH
Federicktown, OH
Hamler, OH
Wapakoneta, OH
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Regional hatcheries that carry it (2)
Polk, OH
Sugarcreed, OH
Sourced from NPIP state directories, matched by the stock codes each participant registers. A flock may keep breeds beyond what it registers, so this list runs conservative.
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