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, 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. 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.
In 2020, during the coronavirus pandemic, Dominant CZ established 12 new species of hens, including seven special greenshell species and one special blackshell species.
Hen species
The company completely offers 28 hen species.Classic hens (D)
The company offers 20 species of clasic hens, with four new species established in 2020. Their name always has a code, which consists of name of the company, name of the hen species and numeral code, which consists of D and number of the hen.| English name | In other languages | Numeral code | Description | Egg color | Parents |
| Brown | 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 | – | 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 | 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 | 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 | Brown | Rhode Island Red rooster Barred Plymouth Rock hen |
| Black | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | – | 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 | – | 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 | 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 | 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 | – | 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 | – | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Modified type of Blue 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 | Modified type of Red Barred 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 | Modified type of Leghorn hens. The hen is almost the same as the D229 hen, distinguishable only by the crest. The rooster is similar to D723 rooster rather than to D229 rooster | Green | Greenshell GS300 rooster Dominant D229 hen |
| GS300 | Modified type of Partridge 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 | Modified type of Red Barred 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 | Modified type of new Red Barred 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 | Modified type of Barred 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 | Modified type of Black 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 |