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I love the patterning of a Barred Plymouth Rock -- the barring is what first caught my eye. But it's the shape of the Rock that has my mind and heart. The more I learn about type, the more I see, and my interest just keeps multiplying.

Unless it's just chance, they stand like cockerels already. edited to add: the bottom photo. Please don't tell me those are girls.

My problem with zip ties was figuring out a color-coding system that made sense. Fast-feathering birds got a green band for future reference. Other than that, there was no system other than making sure each bird had a unique set. That might be because my daughter and I were banding them in the...

Wish I'd thought of that. My cockerel is nice as they come (translate: he's a bit afraid of me) but is so awfully big. He has trouble balancing and really tramples the pullets, so their feathers are getting mussed up. Sometimes he gets confused and approaches from the front, grabs a beakful of...

My Dad always used to say, "If you don't have time now to build it right, when will you?" I'd love to live up to that. Then again, he also used to say, "A clean car runs better." Makes no sense, but darned if he isn't right . . .

I'll never admit that my chickens adore mini marshmallows above all else. I'm not actually recommending them as a training treat. It's got to be horrible for them.

No gawkiness here at all. Wow!

In the late 80s I was served a chicken dinner at a good local restaurant (i.e. not for tourists) in the USSR and was surprised to find one super-skinny and tough chicken leg on my plate. Total guess here, but perhaps that represents a more typical eating chicken in our country's past and in much...

Anyone going to the Fowl Fest event at Birch Run, Michigan this weekend?

I'd like to support the importance of mentoring and urge anyone interested in serious breeding to find one. It is very, very difficult to proceed on book learning alone. Which is why I'm so grateful that my mentor is super-knowledgeable, kind and supportive in tough times (when a chick needs to...

Can you feel this fault under the feathers? Wouldn't it be cool if we could x-ray our flocks? Or run them through an airport scanner . . . ;-)

Looks like a stand-off. I bet the bird can take that deer. ;-)

Thank you -- having a list is very helpful! All my Barred Rocks have crisp barring to my novice eyes -- but the only other barring I can compare it to is hatchery stock, which looks like barring on a TV with a slight vertical hold problem. (Yes, I'm that old.) Within heritage Barred Rocks...

It's probably obvious, but I'd still like to know faults you automatically cull for -- what do you cull as soon as you see it, and what can you wait on to see if it corrects itself? Thanks.

Travelers going down the middle of the road . . . :-)

One of the hens (the original one) has squirreled herself into a dark corner, for about three days now. Because of the droppings shelf, it's very difficult to get to her. I did crawl down to her to see if she'd turkey up like broodies do, and she did -- right after she nailed me with her beak...

Thanks one and all for sharing your experience with broodiness in Rocks!

How common is it for a heritage Barred Rock hen to go broody? Thanks.

Fred, how old?

Do these look like White Rocks to you? 1930s: