Dominant CZ

Dominant CZ is a hen hatchery company in the Czech Republic. The main store is in Studenec, but it has another 39 stores in Czech Republic, which are in Bílovec, Blatnice pod Svatým Antonínkem, Borek, Bratkovice, Bravantice, Březina, Býškovice, Častotice, Čepí, Černovice, Čížkrajice, Dolany, Dolní Cerekev (2 stores), Háj ve Slezsku, Hradišťany, Jezernice, Kobeřice, Kraselov, Kravaře, Lipník, Nymburk, Oldřichovice, Otročín, Palkovice, Prakšice, Prostějov, Řimovice, Skalice, Staré Prachatice, Stěžírky, Strážov, Trutnov, Uhlířov, Velká, Veltěže, Veselí nad Lužnicí, Volevčice and Vsetín.[1] The company was founded in 1989. The purpose of the company is to hatch hybrid hens, which lay more than 250 eggs a year, which are imitating the non-hybrid species of hens, which do not die permaturely, which are not aggressive, which are well feathered and which are all the same size. The hybrids are always hatched from two non-hybridized hens. The hens start to lay eggs in the 20th–23rd week of their life. Excluding the Czech Republic, it works in 49 more countries in the world. Hens hatched by this company are favorite, because of their easy breeding and higher egg-laying and lifetime unlike other hens.

Dominant CZ

A store of Dominant CZ in Studenec
Founded	1989 (1989) in Studenec, Czech Republic
Headquarters	Studenec (main store) and more 39 stores in Czech Republic , Mainly Czech Republic and more 49 countries
Number of locations	40 (2018)
Products	Hens, roosters, chickens
Website	dominant-cz.cz

Map of countries, where Dominant CZ distributes the hens

In 2020, during the coronavirus pandemic, Dominant CZ established 12 new species of hens, including seven special greenshell species and one special blackshell species.[2]

Hen species

The company completely offers 28 hen species.[3]

Classic hens (D)

The company offers 20 species of clasic hens, with four new species established in 2020 (marked bold). Their name always has a code, which consists of name of the company (Dominant), name of the hen species and numeral code, which consists of D and number of the hen (for example D959).

English name	In other languages	Numeral code	Description	Egg color	Parents
Brown[4]	Hnědý, Marrón	D102	The hen is primarily brown, but it has a white spot on the end of the tail The rooster has the same colour as Amber rooster	Brown	Rhode Island Red rooster Rhode Island White hen
Sussex[5]	–	D104	The hen is primarily white and it has black stripes over its neck and wings and a black spot on its tail The rooster has the same colour as hen	Brown	Sussex rooster Sussex hen
Blue[6]	Modrý, Azul	D107	The hen is primarily light grey, but it has very dark grey neck The rooster is primarily light grey, but it is black-white barred on the neck and wings	Brown	Blue Plymouth Rock rooster Barred Plymouth Rock hen
Black[7]	Černý, Negro	D109	The hen is primarily black, but it has some brown stripes on its neck and emerald green marks on the wings. The rooster has the same colour as Barred rooster (D959)	Brown	Rhode Island Red rooster Barred Plymouth Rock hen
Black[8]	Černý, Negro	D149	The hen is primarily black, but it has some white stripes on its neck and chest The rooster is black but it is white all over its head, neck and wings	Brown	Sussex rooster Barred Plymouth Rock hen
Red Barred [9]	Červeně Žíhaný Rojo Barred	D159	The hen is primarily brown and white barred, and it has a black spot on its tail The rooster's colours are similar to hen's, but they're darker on the back	Brown	Bared Rhode Island Red rooster Rhode Island Red hen
Blue[10]	Modrý, Azul	D187	One of new species established in 2020. The hen is similar to D107, but it has got darker black colour on its' neck. The rooster is the same as D107 rooster.	Brown	Light Blue Plymouth rooster Red Barred hen
Black[11]	Černý, Negro	D189	One of new species established in 2020. The hen is similar to D109, but it's completely black, without any black or green marks on its' body. The rooster is almost completely black, only with several brown stripes on its' neck.	Brown	Black Plymouth rooster Black Plymouth hen
Brown[12]	Hnědý, Marrón	D192	The hen is primarily brown, but it has several black dots on the tail, wings and neck The rooster is white and it has a yellow neck, black tail and several black dots on the wings, chest and back	Brown	Rhode Island Red rooster Sussex hen
Leghorn[13]	Livorno	D229	The hen is all white, with no spots or stripes The rooster is also all white	White	White Leghorn rooster White Leghorn hen
Partridge [14]	Koroptví	D300	The hen is primarily dark brown, but it has golden stripes on its neck and light brown chest The rooster is primarily brown, and it has dark green tail, belly, wings and chest	White Creamy	Brown Leghorn Partridge rooster Brown Leghorn Partridge hen
Tricolor[15]	–	D301	The hen is similar to Partridge hen, but it has white dots all over its body The rooster is similar to the hen	White Creamy	Same as Partridge
Sussex[16]	–	D304	The hen is similar to Sussex D104 hen, but its stripes and dots are less significant The rooster is as same as hen	White Creamy	Columbian Leghorn rooster Columbian Leghorn hen
Brown (Salmon) [17]	Hnědý, Marrón	D392	One of the new species established in 2020. The hen is very similar to D192 hen, but its' colours are quite lighter. The rooster is colorful, with white/yellow barred neck, black barred belly, brown and black wings, yellow feathers behind wings and black/green tail.	White Creamy	Brown Leghorn rooster Columbian Leghorn hen
Red Barred [18]	Červeně Žíhaný Rojo Barred	D459	The hen is primarily white and brown barred, but it has a brown neck and black spots on its tail and wings The rooster is very similar to Sussex rooster, but it has some brown spots on its wings	Brown	Bared Rhode Island Red rooster Sussex hen
Tinted[19]	–	D723	The hen is all white, similar to Leghorn, but distinguishable by shorter hencomb The rooster is white, but it has some creamy colour on its neck, back and wings	Creamy	White Leghorn rooster Rhode Island Red hen
Amber[20]	–	D843	The hen is creamy white, and it has brown dots on its wings The rooster is white, and it has creamy spots on its head and wings, and brown spots on its wings, chest and small dots on the back and tail	Brown	Rhode Island White rooster Rhode Island Red hen
Red[21]	Červený, Rojo	D853	The hen is brown, but it has a black spot on the end of its tail The rooster is all brown, with the dark brown colour spread all over its back	Brown	Rhode Island Red rooster Rhode Island Red hen
Red Barred [22]	Červeně Žíhaný	D902	New type of hen, established in 2020. The hen is similar to D159, but it's much lighter in colour. Rooster is primarily white, with some light brown bars on its' neck, wings and tail.	Brown	Barred rooster Rhode Island White hen
Barred[23]	Žíhaný	D959	The hen is black and white barred all over its body The rooster is primarily black, but it has creamy-white and black barred neck and some places on its wings	Brown	Barred Plymouth Rock rooster Rhode Island Red hen

Greenshell hens (GS)

Greenshell hens are special hen hybrids established in 2020. They are typical for having significant crest and for laying green eggs. Instead of classic hens, they are all named "Greenshell" and are distinguished only by their numeral code. They were created by combinating Dominant hybrids and Araucana hens.

Numeral code	Description	Eggs	Parents
GS107[24]	Modified type of Blue (D107) hens. The hen is almost the same as the D107 hen, distinguishable only by the crest. The rooster is same as the D107 rooster.	Green	Greenshell GS300 rooster Dominant D107 hen
GS159[25]	Modified type of Red Barred (D159) hens. The hen is almost the same as the D159 hen, distinguishable only by the crest. The rooster is similar to D159 rooster, only being darker in colour.	Green	Greenshell GS300 rooster Dominant D159 hen
GS229[26]	Modified type of Leghorn (D229) hens. The hen is almost the same as the D229 hen, distinguishable only by the crest. The rooster is similar to D723 (Tinted) rooster rather than to D229 rooster	Green	Greenshell GS300 rooster Dominant D229 hen
GS300[27]	Modified type of Partridge (D300) hens. Apart from the D300 hen, the GS300 hen is rather barred, but still has got the brown chest. Rooster is completely different from the D300 rooster, it has got white neck, white and brown wings, black chest and belly, white and brown feathers behind the wing and black and white tail. It has been used to create all the other greenshell hens, originating from the Araucana hens.	Green	GS300/Araucana rooster Dominant D300 hen
GS459[28]	Modified type of Red Barred (D459) hens. The hen is not similar to D459 hens, as it has black/grey tail and some grey feathers on the back, and it's not that lightly coloured. The rooster is same as the D459 rooster	Green	Greenshell GS300 rooster Dominant D459 hen
GS902[29]	Modified type of new Red Barred (D902) hens. The hen is almost the same as the D902 hen, distinguishable only by the crest and slightly lighter colour. The rooster is same as the D902 rooster	Green	Greenshell GS300 rooster Dominant D902 hen
GS959[30]	Modified type of Barred (D959) hens. The hen is almost the same as the D959 hen, distinguishable only by the crest. The rooster is same as the D959 rooster	Green	Greenshell GS300 rooster Dominant D959 hen

Darkshell hens (DS)

Currently, there is only one species of darkshell hens, established in 2020, significant for having partially feathered legs and dark brown egg shell colour. They were created by combinating Dominant hybrids and Marans hens.

Numeral code	Description	Eggs	Parents
DS109[31]	Modified type of Black (D109) hens. The hen is different from the D109 hen, having no brown or emerald green marks. It is completely black, with some dark brown feathers on the belly. It has got partially feathered legs. The rooster is similar to the D109 rooster, but it has brown marks instead of white marks. It also has got partially feathered legs.	Dark brown	Brown Marans rooster Dominant D109 hen

Other countries

The company exports its hens out from the Czech Republic to 39 more countries. The hens are exported into Angola, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belgium, Belarus, Bulgaria, Canada, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Germany, Ghana, Great Britain, Greece, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kenya, Kuwait, Latvia, Lithuania, Mali, Mexico, Moldova, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Suriname, Switzerland, Syria, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uganda and Vietnam.[32]

References

1. "DISTRIBUTOŘI – DOMINANT CZ". dominant-cz.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 25 February 2018.
2. "DOMINANT CZ | Selected for Flexibility and Robustness" (in Czech). Retrieved 13 April 2020.
3. "PROGRAMY – DOMINANT CZ". dominant-cz.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 26 February 2018.
4. "Dominant Brown D 102 – DOMINANT CZ". dominant-cz.cz. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
5. "Dominant Sussex D 104 – DOMINANT CZ". dominant-cz.cz. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
6. "Dominant Blue D 107 – DOMINANT CZ". dominant-cz.cz. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
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8. "Dominant Black D 149 – DOMINANT CZ". dominant-cz.cz. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
9. "Dominant Red Barred D 159 – DOMINANT CZ". dominant-cz.cz. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
10. "Dominant Modrý D187 – DOMINANT CZ" (in Czech). Retrieved 13 April 2020.
11. "Dominant Černý D189 – DOMINANT CZ" (in Czech). Retrieved 13 April 2020.
12. "Dominant Brown D 192 – DOMINANT CZ". dominant-cz.cz. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
13. "Dominant Leghorn D 229 – DOMINANT CZ". dominant-cz.cz. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
14. "Dominant Partridge D 300 – DOMINANT CZ". dominant-cz.cz. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
15. "Dominant Tricolor D 301 – DOMINANT CZ". dominant-cz.cz. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
16. "Dominant Sussex D 304 – DOMINANT CZ". dominant-cz.cz. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
17. "Dominant Hnědý D392 – DOMINANT CZ" (in Czech). Retrieved 13 April 2020.
18. "Dominant Red Barred D 459 – DOMINANT CZ". dominant-cz.cz. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
19. "Dominant Tinted D 723 – DOMINANT CZ". dominant-cz.cz. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
20. "Dominant Amber D 843 – DOMINANT CZ". dominant-cz.cz. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
21. "Dominant Red D 853 – DOMINANT CZ". dominant-cz.cz. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
22. "Dominant Červeně Žíhaný D902 – DOMINANT CZ" (in Czech). Retrieved 13 April 2020.
23. "Dominant Barred D 959 – DOMINANT CZ". dominant-cz.cz. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
24. "Dominant GREENSHELL GS107 – DOMINANT CZ" (in Czech). Retrieved 13 April 2020.
25. "Dominant GREENSHELL GS159 – DOMINANT CZ" (in Czech). Retrieved 13 April 2020.
26. "Dominant GREENSHELL GS229 – DOMINANT CZ" (in Czech). Retrieved 13 April 2020.
27. "Dominant GREENSHELL GS300 – DOMINANT CZ" (in Czech). Retrieved 13 April 2020.
28. "Dominant GREENSHELL GS459 – DOMINANT CZ" (in Czech). Retrieved 13 April 2020.
29. "Dominant GREENSHELL GS902 – DOMINANT CZ" (in Czech). Retrieved 13 April 2020.
30. "Dominant GREENSHELL GS959 – DOMINANT CZ" (in Czech). Retrieved 13 April 2020.
31. "Dominant DARKSHELL DS109 – DOMINANT CZ" (in Czech). Retrieved 13 April 2020.
32. "Prodej kuřic na hale v Častoticích". Častotice on-line (in Czech). Retrieved 13 April 2020.