PARTRIDGE ROCK - - Breeders - - show us what you got . .

[cybercat]

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On average, when do your girls start to go broody ? Do they go broody for the first time in the first year or later ? ? Do they make good moms or do they hatch and walk away ? ?

Mine went broody starting in Feb this year. I got them as day olds in early May last year. I had a few that raised bought chicks for me. Since I did not have any fertile eggs most left being broody after a month. I had a few that went longer than that like 3 months before they stopped.

Those hens that I had raise the chicks I bought did a great job. The picture of my new rooster was raised by the hen in the picture below him. He is bigger than my rooster from last year at 4 months. He has been raised free range with the flock since mom brought him out of the coop, which was about 4 weeks old. The moms were very protective of the chicks. To the point of chasing all other hens out of the coop when chicks were feeding. They kept them under cover outside and showed them what to eat and where to dust bath. My two cockerals are very good at watching the skies and making sure hens and pullets get under cover.

 

[cybercat]

OK here are the known DQ for the Plymouth RocK breed.

Any feathers or stub on feet or shanks.
More or less than 4 toes on either foot.
Webbed feet.
Legs or toes of color foreign to the breed.
Deformed beaks.
Wry tails.
Crooked backs.
Combs foreign to breed. Split combs, sidesprigs or sprigs or lopped combs.
Squirrel tail.
White in ear lobes.
A speciamen falling under two pounds below standard weight.


*Red pigmment on side or back of shanks or feet is NOt considered a defect.

Partridge Rock DQ.

Postivie white in tails feathers, sickels or sencondaiers.
feet and shanks any color other than yellow or ducky yellow.



Disciption of the Plmouth Rock by sex.

male
Head plumage dark bright red

beak horn shading to yellow at beak.

comb,face and wattles bright red.

Neck. Hackle, web of feather solid, lustrous greenish-black,
with a narrow edging of rich, brilliant red, uniform in width,
extending around point of feather ; shaft, black ; plumage in
front of hackle, black.

Wings. Fronts, black; bow, rich, brilliant red; coverts,
lustrous greenish-black, forming a well-defined bar of this color
across wings when folded; primaries, black, lower edges, reddish-
bay ; secondaries, black, outside webs, reddish-bay, terminating
with greenish-black at end of each feather.

Back. Rich, brilliant red with lustrous greenish-black stripe
down the middle of each feather, same as in hackle.
Tail. Black; sickles and smaller sickles, lustrous greenishblack
; coverts, lustrous greenish-black, edged with rich, brilliant
red.

Breast. Lustrous black.

Body and Fluff. Body, black; fluff, black, slightly tinged
with red.

Legs and Toes. Thighs, black; shanks and toes, yellow.

Undercolor of All Sections. Slate.


Female color.

Head. Plumage, mahogany-brown.

Beak. Dark horn, shading to yellow at point.

Eyes. Reddish-bay.

Comb, Face, Wattles and Ear Lobes. Bright red.

Neck. Reddish-bay, center portion of feathers black, slightly
penciled with mahogany-brown, feathers in front of neck, same
as breast.

Wings. Shoulders, bows and coverts, mahogany-brown, penciled
with black, outlines of pencilings conforming to shape of
feathers ; primaries, black with edging of mahogany-brown on
outer webs ; secondaries, inner webs, black, outer webs mahogany
brown, penciled with black, outlines of pencilings conforming
to shape of feathers.

Back. Mahogany-brown, distinctly penciled with black, the
outlines of pencilings conforming to shape of feathers.

Tail. Black, the two top feathers penciled with mahoganybrown
on upper edge ; coverts, mahogany-brown penciled with
black.

Breast. Mahogany-brown, distinctly penciled with black,
the outlines of pencilings conforming to shape of feathers.

Body and Fluff. Body , mahogany-brown, penciled with
black ; fluff, mahogany-brown.

Legs and Toes. Thighs, mahogany-brown, penciled with
black ; shanks and toes, yellow or dusky yellow.

Under-Color of All Sections. Slate.

Note Each feather in back, breast, body, wing-bows, and
thighs to have three or more distinct pencilings.



I hope this helps some. The book this is off from has so much more. It was the only book published just about one breed standard. As I said well worth downloading when you can. It has alot of history and pictures of correct feather and body type.

One thing more tail set for hens is 20 degrees for males it is 30 I think I will have to check on that to be sure. The book I have has it different so what I wrote here is the up to date numbers.

 

[math ace]

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IT did HELP a lot. Thanks for taking the time to upload it for me. I am trying to narrow my breeds down to THREE. Then I will be willing to invest in additional resources. . . .

THANK YOU again

 

[BlueBirdChick]

So does mine Dark Brownie look good for a patridge rock????

 

[Lotsapaints]

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They really don't blossom until they are 22+ weeks or the hens start laying and then for the lacing they need a molt..yours looks good for her age now you just need to wait and see on the rest.

For Math Ace the hens you should keep are the biggest darkest cherry bing red ones with the yellowest legs not an easy feat.....I think I have 3 from 36chicks and again it's a waiting game the longer you wait the easier it is to choose. Use a scale too mine did make the weight in the standard (some) and even in show birds it is the size that kills them for winning best of breed they are just smaller than those beautiful White Rocks....

 

[BlueBirdChick]

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Dark brownie Little sized lol I like Patridge rocks they are cute baby chickies and beautiful birds as they get older..Think I might get more some day

Thanks for letting me post the pics

 

[cherylcohen]

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You are so lucky they are amazing, the two I hatched that are now 6 weeks and they both got combs overnight

 

[math ace]

I have decided seemly on the "pretty" factor, that I like partridge rocks a lot more than welsummers. .

I have many breeds and I need to get it down to two or three. . . . Most of my flock went through their first summer this year and did not do great.

I now have speckled sussex, partridge rocks, and welsummers. These girls will go through their first summer laying eggs NEXT YEAR.
Also, I am hatching some delawares now. We will see how they do next summer.

This year we have over 90 CONSECUTIVE days with the temps over 90. My leghorns suffered terriblily during this time and my marans just stopped laying.

I want to get down to two or three breeds that can handle the extreme temps of our hot summers. I would like some eye candy too. I think the partridge rocks are going to be some nice EYE CANDY ! ! I sure hope they like the heat . . .

 

[math ace]

My partridge rocks are now laying

These are still my wild girls. The have no inhibitions about free ranging further than the rest of the flock. They make me so nervous because they are so determined to do things their way ! Mine are hatchery birds and I thought that foraging trait would be weakend in them - -- - NOT !

 

[TimG]

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