Can you tell me what breed these chicks are?

[Cherilanell]

This is Tootsie and Rita. We think one is a Patridge Rock and the other was supposed to be an Isa Brown. But we don't think she is. Can you tell me what breed you think they are? Also they should be pullets, not roosters. Does that look accurate?

 

[NatJ]

Plymouth Rocks as chicks are usually black with a little white on their heads and chests and the feathers growing in are black and white.

Plymouth Rock is a breed that can come in many colors.

Barred Plymouth Rocks have the coloring you described. But Plymouth Rocks also come in White, Partridge, Buff, and various other colors.

It is common to skip the "Plymouth" and just call them Barred Rocks, or White Rocks, or Partridge Rocks, or whatever. But Plymouth is part of the breed name, not the term for any specific color of that breed.

 

[NatJ]

What makes a rock a rock?

Are you asking what makes a chicken belong to the "Rock" breed rather than any other breed?

It's just one of the breeds recognized by the American Poultry Association. It has a certain body shape and size, yellow skin, single comb, no feathered feet or crested head or bearded face. There are certain recognized color varieties, although there is also a process for the organization to recognize other varieties at a later date if they get developed (same process for any breed that gets new varieties.)

 

[Devyn Nagy]

What makes a rock a rock?

Their ability to impersonate Dwane Johnson.

 

[BastyPutt]

Are you asking what makes a chicken belong to the "Rock" breed rather than any other breed?

It's just one of the breeds recognized by the American Poultry Association. It has a certain body shape and size, yellow skin, single comb, no feathered feet or crested head or bearded face. There are certain recognized color varieties, although there is also a process for the organization to recognize other varieties at a later date if they get developed (same process for any breed that gets new varieties.)

Yes exactly what I was wondering.
I just read the Wikipedia. Interesting. @NatJ if I really wanted to learn more about chicken and breeding genetics, do you have any good book recommendations? I am certainly not wanting a college level education, but where I could put a hen and a cock in a pen and have somewhat of an idea of what would come out.

 

[NatJ]

@NatJ if I really wanted to learn more about chicken and breeding genetics, do you have any good book recommendations? I am certainly not wanting a college level education, but where I could put a hen and a cock in a pen and have somewhat of an idea of what would come out.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...ue-barred-rock-rooster.1567879/#post-26640128

^Posted by me a few months ago, when someone else asked the same thing.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/breeding-for-size-and-color.1576401/#post-26785669

^Also posted by me, includes some basic genetic information along with more details on using the commonly-recommended chicken genetics calculator. (Applies to someone's specific project, but much of it may be useful to you as well.)

 

[BastyPutt]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...ue-barred-rock-rooster.1567879/#post-26640128

^Posted by me a few months ago, when someone else asked the same thing.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/breeding-for-size-and-color.1576401/#post-26785669

^Also posted by me, includes some basic genetic information along with more details on using the commonly-recommended chicken genetics calculator. (Applies to someone's specific project, but much of it may be useful to you as well.)

I appreciate you. Thank you.

 

[Cherilanell]

yes, the one on the bottom looks like a partridge rock. Top isn't an Isa brown. Is there any other breeds they could have been?

Or was it from an assortment pack from a hatchery? Usually those partridge rocks come from hoover.

We picked each one. The biggest one was supposed to be an Isa Brown that is what was on the tub they were in, but she is definitely not.

 

[ThePhoebeFive]

She kinda looks like one of my EE chicks from this year, but I don't know that she is one since she's got a single comb. Although I do have a couple EEs with single combs.

 

[ThePhoebeFive]

I don't think you have either, but I'm not entirely sure what you have. Plymouth Rocks as chicks are usually black with a little white on their heads and chests and the feathers growing in are black and white. ISA browns look like this as chicks: