Secret of the Bulik
Balance in breeding the Dom
By Jerry B. Lawrence
Good breeding practice for producing high quality Dom gamefowl will be to maintain a balance between the Sumatra and Persian characteristics from the best stocks that you have available to you. If you breed too strong to the Persian type of fowl (for example Whitehackle type fowl), the quick killing ability of the Dom may be lost. If you breed too strong to Sumatra type fowl (for example black fowl, or too much Dom to Dom), you may lose gameness, or your fowl may become nervous and wild due to low testosterone. Note that Doms have fallen from popularity from time to time because of problems maintaining their gameness and mental stability. Now that Doms are popular and more commercial breeding is taking place, the quality of the mass Dom population may decline.
If you have a Dom breeding program or plan to breed Doms, I recommend that you make a Sumatra line and a Persian line, and use these two lines for crossing to each other ( I do not do this, but do as I say, not as I do). The Sumatra line, for example, could be a barred breeding infused with black toppy. The Persian line, for example, could be a barred breeding infused with Butcher and straight-comb Hatch. These will be good for competition, but you can also use an Oriental dosage for competition using a good pea-comb bloodline such as Albany or Boston Roundhead. Do not breed willy-nilly without a plan, and pay attention to your female lineage. The Chappell Doms have been successful crossed with Sweater and Newton Wade Albany. JBL Doms in the Philippines have been crossed with Sweater, Roundhead, and Hatch by various Filipino breeders and all have done well. Years ago I had a man from the Southeastern US tell me that they had made a cross of Dom and Redquill that whipped everybody. A man in California has had great success with a cross of Dom and Gowdy black Jap.
With regard to color, my experience is that the more that I breed barred-to-barred the male offspring become more white. If you do not like predominantly white fowl you must breed the barred cock or hen to a solid color non-barred mate. Dom fowl seem to be healthy and the chicks have a good survival rate except that their color seems to be attractive to some predators.
For more about breeding the dom, you may read "How to Breed the Dom Game Fowl" By Jerry B. Lawrence. Free to members of Suregain Club. If you are a member just contact us and ask for your free file just state your name and MIN. If you want to be a member Register Now.
