Dominique

Dominiques will tolerate confinement, but can be flighty and do best if allowed to range, as they are good, hardy foragers. Their stripy cuckoo-barred plumage, also known as "hawk coloring", supposedly gives them a certain protection from airborne predators.

PRIMARY USE: eggs and meat

TEMPERAMENT: calm, sociable

RECOGNIZED VARIETIES: Barred

EGG PRODUCTION: great

EGG SIZE: large

EGG COLOR: brown

HEN WEIGHT: 5 lbs.

COCK WEIGHT: 7 lbs.

BROODY: yes

COLD HARDY: yes