I would like to trade for a dozen or two of rosecombed dominecker eggs if anybody has extra.

I have buff orpington, silver phoenix, blue/black bantam cochin, red silkies, and possibly a few millie fleurs to trade.

Thanks!

-- Anonymous, March 12, 2002

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Tracey, I just got into this little chicken hobby mainly because of the grandkids. I soon via way opf the computer found myself being corrected on something I have been wrong about all my life. That is the chicken with the rose cone that looks like a dominique is not a dominique. It is a Bard Rock. All dominiques have a single cone.In your computet go to: http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/poultry/chickens/domini/ I now have a dominique rooster and seven Bard Rock hens to which when I got them I and the person I got them off of thought they were all dominique. They are about half grown and probably won't be laying for another 4 to 6 weeks. Another thing I found out was the dominique and the Bard Rock are the best of the best brown egg layers. Guess I got lucky there. This is George in Montgomery, AL although I live in Wetumpka city limits in an area they call Red Land Road.

-- Anonymous, May 15, 2002

Tracy it's me again. Just forget everything I said. I went back and checked myself and found out I had it backwards. The Barred Rock (even spelled it wrong the first time) does have a single cone and the Dominique has the rose cone. So, I have a Barred Rock roster and seven Dominiques. If you are a yankee you call the Barred Rock a Plymouth Rock or Barred Plymouth Rock. They were developed in America (so that makes them a full American breed) in the middle 19th century. They are reported to be good layers even during the cold winter days along with the Dominuques. Well, more so than other breeds. Also the make good mothers. Generally they are not extremely aggressive, and tame real easy. Like two I have. For easter a uncle of my little grandaughter Hanna gave her two baby chicks (which turned out to be the Barred Rock rouster and dominique hen. They live in an apartment of all things. They did keep them for about 4 weeks in a box on the patio. Well, She got attached to them and must of spent a lot of time with them with her mother by her side. Now you can just walk into the pen and pick them up. Not the others though. Now you know the rest of the story. G-Pa (That's me) wasn't about to let her little heart get broken so now I have a chicken hobby. Also got her a male and female big white ducks as chicks. Then since the other grandkids did'nt have anything to claim I got enough chickens so all could have at least one to claim. That's the whole story.

Now the Dominiques (commonly called dominecker) came from south England during the settlement of New England (good ole USA) The difference between Plymouth (Barred) Rock and dominique was not made until 1870 when the management of the New York state poultry show ruled that only rose combed fowl of intermediate size could compete as Dominiques, and that all medium and large single combed fowl of this color would be known as Plymouth Rock. The American Poultry Association's Standard of Excellence indicates that the cocks run 7 pounds, cockerels 6 pounds, hens 5 pounds and pullets 4 pounds. The Barred Rock is some what a little larger. There are both large and bantam dominiques. A few years back I got a bantam dominique from a feed store thinking it was a Large one. Anyway both the Barred Rock and the Dominique are my favorite.

I will be letting both the chickens and the one duck to set when time comes so the grandkids can see how baby ducks and chicks get into this world. It will be shortly after that I'll be looking for a home for them because I have limited room. Although, the ones I have are set up Like Kings and queens. Their chicken house has a insulated roof and the house it'self is ventulated. Also, I made automatic feeders for both the chickens an ducks and put up a automatic waterer. My wife calls it the Cadilac Crib. Okay that's about it. I had to come back and correct myself. Sorry!

-- Anonymous, May 15, 2002