Dominique Chicken

     The Dominique is almost the oldest Chicken breed, that originated in The USA. It’s quite distinctive in appearance with a neat rose comb, and a heavily barred plumage. Dominiques are considerably large fowls, with red earlobes, and bright-yellow legs.

     The Dominique is an early-maturing chicken, and even hens start laying eggs at about six months of age. These birds were also used in developing the famous Plymouth Rock, which is almost identical in the barred variety except in having a single comb instead. The Dominique is an excellent dual-purpose chicken indeed, that provides plenty of meat for the table and lays plenty of brown eggs. The hens lay around (160 – 200 brown eggs per year) and tend to go broody too.

     Dominiques are hardy birds and a good foragers too (therefore cheap to feed as they find their own food whilst free ranging). Simply, this bird has traits which are attributed to the harsh conditions in which it was developed in the first place. A bantam version is also available for the Dominique.