Someone asked me on a thread about the two origins of the PR. And in truth several people in the same time frame developed strains of PRs.
From the APA Breed Book, Plymouth Rocks, 1915
From these accounts it appears that the honor of originating
Partridge Plymouth Rocks is really divided between the Eas-
tern and Western strains, as they were afterwards known, or
the Crocker and Noftzger strains. According to these accounts.
Mr. Noftzger made the first mating with a Partridge Plymouth
Rock in mind only one year before Dr. Crocker began breed-
ing with the same ideal in mind. We are very fortunate to
have these accounts by the originators themselves, preserved
in such a manner that certain uncertainties that hang over the
ancestry of some of our American varieties do not obscure the
lineage of this one.
One strain is Partridge Cochins, Dark Cornish and Golden
Wyandottes together, while the other is a composite of Part-
ridge Cochin, Golden Wyandotte, Brown Leghorn and Golden-
Penciled Hamburg blood. The former would seem to be su-
perior in flesh and the latter in laying qualities, as it has the
blood of two of the best of laying breeds in its makeup. Partridge Cochin blood was so predominant in both, however, that
one should expect a very great resemblance to that variety in
form as well as in color.
PLYMOUTH ROCK STANDARD AND BREED BOOK 273
There were several others, these are the primary origination strains. I'm leaning toward PC for improvement here and got show PC/PR eggs expressly for this purpose.
While addition of delaware will temporarily throw chaos into the color chart - it will improve rate of growth. And rate of lay. They're also awesome foragers.
Since my emphasis is Free-Rnaging, Heritage quality, dual-purpose, and Breed Standard closely adhered to, I'm willing to dink along and stretch out my time frame.
I absolutely love PRs and the Partridge coloring - somewhere in that breed book it actually says something about people addicted to Partridge Coloring end up as life long addicts... Ayuh...
Addicted...
From the APA Breed Book, Plymouth Rocks, 1915
From these accounts it appears that the honor of originating
Partridge Plymouth Rocks is really divided between the Eas-
tern and Western strains, as they were afterwards known, or
the Crocker and Noftzger strains. According to these accounts.
Mr. Noftzger made the first mating with a Partridge Plymouth
Rock in mind only one year before Dr. Crocker began breed-
ing with the same ideal in mind. We are very fortunate to
have these accounts by the originators themselves, preserved
in such a manner that certain uncertainties that hang over the
ancestry of some of our American varieties do not obscure the
lineage of this one.
One strain is Partridge Cochins, Dark Cornish and Golden
Wyandottes together, while the other is a composite of Part-
ridge Cochin, Golden Wyandotte, Brown Leghorn and Golden-
Penciled Hamburg blood. The former would seem to be su-
perior in flesh and the latter in laying qualities, as it has the
blood of two of the best of laying breeds in its makeup. Partridge Cochin blood was so predominant in both, however, that
one should expect a very great resemblance to that variety in
form as well as in color.
PLYMOUTH ROCK STANDARD AND BREED BOOK 273
There were several others, these are the primary origination strains. I'm leaning toward PC for improvement here and got show PC/PR eggs expressly for this purpose.
While addition of delaware will temporarily throw chaos into the color chart - it will improve rate of growth. And rate of lay. They're also awesome foragers.
Since my emphasis is Free-Rnaging, Heritage quality, dual-purpose, and Breed Standard closely adhered to, I'm willing to dink along and stretch out my time frame.
I absolutely love PRs and the Partridge coloring - somewhere in that breed book it actually says something about people addicted to Partridge Coloring end up as life long addicts... Ayuh...
