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THE AMERICAN POULTERER'S COMPANION. 



DOMINIQUE FOWL. 



cate an ancient descent from some peculiar and 

 original parentage. 



The prevailing and true color of the Domi- 

 nique fowl is a light ground, undulated and 

 softly shaded with a slaty-blue all over the 

 body, as indicated in the portrait of the cock, 

 forming bands of various widths. In order to 

 be more fully and better understood, and to shoM r 

 the peculiar markings of the feathers, we pro- 

 cured a feather from one of the hens which is 

 faithfully delineated on the opposite page. The 

 comb of the cock is variable, some being single, 

 while others are double most, however, are 

 single ; the iris, bright orange ; feet and legs 

 light flesh color some, however, are of a bright 



yellow or buff color; bill the same color as the 

 legs. 



The hens are not large, but plump and full 

 breasted. The cocks are somewhat larger than 

 the hens, some approaching the smaller-sized 

 Dorkings in weight. The chickens at two or 

 three months old exhibit the barred plumage 

 even more perfectly than the full-grown birds. 

 The eggs average about two ounces each, are 

 white, and of porcelain smoothness. The newly 

 hatched chicks are gray, with a dark stripe down 

 the back of the neck, and three on the back, re- 

 sembling those of the Silver Polands, except in 

 the color of the feet and legs. The Domi- 

 nique fowl supplies an unfailing troop of good 



