Plymouth Rock thread!

[tigercreek]

blue and black breed together will give you 50/50 of each color.

?? I am thinking you'll get 25% blue and 75% black?? The blue will be a single gene blue. ........stan

 

[DMRippy]

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Who are you getting them from? or if you don't want to share that, what STATE LOL. Or you can PM me.... just curious. I know I have sold hatching eggs to several people that are incurable hatch-a-holics and they sell most of what they hatch.

 

[tigercreek]

Stan, I LOVE that cross you made, I may have to get some of those eggs. I would so love to have some blues to work with and if YFOR can get me a Black roo or two I will be in hog heaven! I have some projects chicks growing out and can't wait to see what I get from my cross. Hoping for that pretty lacing you got.

Thanks Donna, appreciate it. I am likin'em too!! Be glad to offer some eggs when they get going . Soon I hope. Seems several have started to pick up some recently. .........stan

 

[DMRippy]

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I will check with you in Feb and see how they are doing. I am going to put it on my CHICKEN Calender

 

[bairo]

I will have NEW blood come Spring. I have a new UNRELATED ROO a Good Shepard Barred Rock and some New pullets so my birds in the spring will be UNRELATED to the ones you have now. Besides, each of your lines will be genetically different than the others so you could swap eggs. Really all you need is a Barred rock, blue and black breed together will give you 50/50 of each color. That is how I breed them blue to black. I don't breed Blue to Blue since I am working to get the barring better, a black helps with the barring.

Sounds great. The others I have from you are doing really well. Early feathering, very hardy, good early maturity. 100% hatch on the rocks.... 1 out of three hatch on the Super Blue. 1/3 roos so that was nice. I have what looks like might be a splash on one of the roos. If so that will be perfect if I get a couple nice black hens to put him over. Have you had a lot of splash sports out of yours?

 

[DMRippy]

Quote: There is no way to get splash from my Blue Barred Rocks.... can you put a picture of him up? To get splash you have to have blue over blue and I have never kept a blue BR roo.....

 

[kivi]

Who are you getting them from? or if you don't want to share that, what STATE LOL.  Or you can PM me.... just curious.  I know I have sold hatching eggs to several people that are incurable hatch-a-holics and they sell most of what they hatch.

I'm in Ohio. Heather Kreider is selling me the pair of blues she said were from you. (I'm really wanting to add a barred pullet (not blue) to the pair I will be picking up at the end of the month as well.) I believe she said they are 3 months old. Does that help?

 

[DMRippy]

Quote: Solid Blues? no... they have to be barred.....might be light in the hackles but they have to be barred. My last roo and this current roo are both DOUBLE barred and would pass that on to 100% of the chicks. Some pullets only show it in the hackles and look solid everywhere else. Breed them to a Barred rock and you will get the barring... might take a couple of generations to get it like you want it but it will show.

Post some pics when you get them.

 

[kivi]

Solid Blues?  no... they have to be barred.....might be light in the hackles but they have to be barred.  My last roo and this current roo are both DOUBLE barred and would pass that on to 100% of the chicks.  Some pullets only show it in the hackles and look solid everywhere else.  Breed them to a Barred rock and you will get the barring... might take a couple of generations to get it like you want it but it will show.

Post some pics when you get them. 

My bad. yes they are blue barred. Didn't realize rocks came in solid blue until very resently. I will deffinately post pics when I get them. Again sorry for the confusion.

 

[Ashburnham]

My latest crop of BPRs growing fast.