Plymouth Rock thread!

[mbmess2003]

sent in my membership dues for the Plymouth Rock Fanciers Club this morning! Thanks for pointing them out to me Bob

 

[Drew Dizzle]

Chicken police!!!

 

[Egghead_Jr]

Could someone enter here the SOP for the blue coloring? In my readings there is mention of the desired blue laced being the SOP. Though when viewing pictures of award winning blues lacing is rarely seen. So I guess I'm confused on this matter and can't find an online source for the Blue Plymouth Rock SOP.

The lack of Andalusion blue coloring isn't confusing as you see many Andalusion lines losing the lacing. It's simply hard to maintain but is a wonder why Wyandottes don't achieve it as they've a Sliver lace to work with.

 

[Brandi Leigh]

Love my 5 barred rocks!

 

[DMRippy]

Could someone enter here the SOP for the blue coloring? In my readings there is mention of the desired blue laced being the SOP. Though when viewing pictures of award winning blues lacing is rarely seen. So I guess I'm confused on this matter and can't find an online source for the Blue Plymouth Rock SOP.

The lack of Andalusion blue coloring isn't confusing as you see many Andalusion lines losing the lacing. It's simply hard to maintain but is a wonder why Wyandottes don't achieve it as they've a Sliver lace to work with.

You are correct there SHOULD be Lacing but the blues are lacking in that. I feel sure there are people working on it. If you look back through Stan.... Tigercreek as some pullet with some very nice lacing if you want to look at blues with lacing. There are several issues with blues, leg color being a big one in my book. I hope to be working with blues soon, but NO ROO YET.....

BTW I think all blues are supposed to have lacing.... there might be an exception to that but it is more the rule than not.

YFOR... you got me a roo growing up?

Newnan is coming up.... might be a good excuse to drive to GA........

 

[tigercreek]

Just thought I'd repost this one from my spring hatch. I am getting 100% blues from my splash over barred hens.


............stan

 

[Egghead_Jr]

Those look nice Stan. Hopefully I'll get some coloring like that this spring. I've got Splash roosters with black and barred hens.

They've a lot of blue on legs and that's curious using yellow legged barred hens. Is it the Rooster that imparts more to leg coloring than hens? Or is it akin to feather color and the hens give to male offspring?


I've asked here before but will give it another try, anyone know of heritage Barred breeders up here in New England? I need more hens and obviously the variety needs work on body type.

 

[tigercreek]

The best answer I can give you on leg color is that my experience shows that it is genetic in the blue color. The rooster has pretty nice yellow legs, more so than the pullets. I have hatched a bunch of these birds and they all have the heavy bluish wash. It is my understanding that the blue is supposed to negate black, so you would logically think it would lighten rather than darken the legs too. Genetics is funny that way!!! ......stan

 

[DMRippy]

I am not 100% on this leg color thing. Splash will not show the leg color much. Must dilute the leg color with the blue genes. The barring ALSO hides the leg color.... that is why you can use the leg color on BR at hatch to sex them. Roos have 2 copies of the barring and should not show much if any color on the legs at hatch. The pullets only have 1 copy and will show more color. This is my understanding. I think it will take crossing in some rocks that just don't have the leg color issue in either males or females.

I have been hatching some crossed with a Partridge and the legs are VERY DARK on some. The hens are splash and don't show any leg color and the partridge has great yellow legs, but not the chicks

 

[tigercreek]

I am not 100% on this leg color thing. Splash will not show the leg color much. Must dilute the leg color with the blue genes. The barring ALSO hides the leg color.... that is why you can use the leg color on BR at hatch to sex them. Roos have 2 copies of the barring and should not show much if any color on the legs at hatch. The pullets only have 1 copy and will show more color. This is my understanding. I think it will take crossing in some rocks that just don't have the leg color issue in either males or females.

I have been hatching some crossed with a Partridge and the legs are VERY DARK on some. The hens are splash and don't show any leg color and the partridge has great yellow legs, but not the chicks

Do I understand that you are saying that these birds might naturally have dark legs but it is hidden by the blue and the barring genes?? Double hide on splash and double hide on double barred males?? That is an interesting idea! Never looked at it that way. I always considered that the leg wash was an added color, not a masked color. Now I have to go look at my single barred blue males to see what color their legs are!!......stan