Dominique chicken

The Dominique is an American breed of chicken, characterized by black-and-white barred plumage and a rose comb. It is considered to be the oldest American chicken breed,^: 121 and is thought to derive from birds brought to America by colonists from southern England. It was well known by about 1750, and by the mid-nineteenth century was widely distributed in the eastern United States.^{: 429 : 53} It is a dual-purpose breed, but is kept principally for its brown eggs.^: 429 It became an endangered breed in the twentieth century, but numbers have since recovered.