Chicken Dominant: Species and Features

Dominant is a breed of hens of the egg direction, which consists of 12 colored hybrids with strong immunity and high egg production with a low feed consumption. They were withdrawn by Czech breeders. Currently, this breed is actively bred in more than 35 countries around the world.

Chickens Dominant: description

• Pretty big size.
• The body is massive and squat.
• The head is of medium size.
• Face and crest of red color.
• Earrings are round, their color is red (in males, their size is larger than that of chickens).
• Wings tightly fitting.
• Paw chicken Dominant has short, light yellow.
• The plumage is rather magnificent.
• Immunity is very strong.

Characteristic

• The safety of chickens is about 93-98 percent.
• Eggplant for a young laying hen - 298 eggs.
• Productivity per average layer - 305 eggs.
• The feed consumption per day per head is 122 g.
• The total feed consumption per bird is 45 kg.
• The consumption of feed per egg is 151 g.
• The weight of the laying hen in 78 weeks reaches up to 2.5 kg.
• Temperament in the chickens is calm.
• One egg weighs 63 g on average.

The maximum egg laying lasts 3-4 years, after which the number of eggs begins to decrease. With age, productivity can be reduced to 15% per year.

Like other breeds, the Dominant hens are polluted by seasonal molting.

Duration of life chicken Dominant, like any other pet, has, depending on the conditions under which it is contained, what kind of feed quality it eats and other factors. Under favorable conditions, a bird can live to a very old age (8-10 years).

Advantages of the breed

The chickens of this breed have many advantages over the "older" representatives of poultry. The advantageous difference between the layers of this selection from other egg-laying hens is that they are maximally adapted to farming in private households. Dominant - a breed of chickens, which is recognized as an unpretentious and hardy poultry. This is a wonderful breed for beginner farmers. No special conditions and methods of growing it are not required - all the same as for ordinary layers. They can be kept in cages or in small poultry houses, where there is free-range. Thanks to the good plumage the Dominant safely tolerates high humidity and drought, frost, heat. They do not need a special expensive feed. However, it must be taken into account that different feeds affect egg laying in different ways. That is why in the diet must contain enough protein and calcium. This is the only way to achieve maximum results.

This bird possesses enviable health and strong immunity, and thanks to the large feathers it safely endures the winter period of time. The dominant laying hens have a high egg production, which begins already at the age of 18 weeks, and at about 22 weeks reach a normative average productivity of 300-320 eggs per year.

Some farmers noted that this breed can very simply define the sex. Even immediately after hatching it becomes clear who of the chickens is the cock, and who is the chicken. As a rule, darker color in chickens, and light - in males.

Varieties of chickens Dominant

The most significant achievement of this selection is the presence of 12 different colored species, each with its own name and presence in the designation of 3 digits, for example Dominant Blue D 107, Dominant Black D109, Dominant Red Striped D 459, etc. Birds of all species have Proportional exterior, light weight (adult chicken dominant weighs up to 2.5 kg, and the cock is about 2.2-2.8 kg) and high productivity.

The main difference between chickens of different types is their own original color.

The most popular species include Dominant Black D109 and Dominant Sussex D109.

Dominant Black D 109

This chicken Dominant has a black color and almost 100 percent vitality, it is unpretentious and resistant to temperature changes. Egg laying is about 310 eggs per year, and this is a pretty high figure. The weight of the egg is about 70 g. The weight of the chicken reaches up to 2 kg, and the males up to 3 kg.

Dominant Sussex D 104

Chickens have enough light feathering and increased resistance to any climate change. The viability of this breed is approximately 98%. The chicken is growing rapidly and gaining weight. For a year can be demolished by observing in the diet of the norm of vitamins about 320 eggs.