Plymouth Rock thread!

[BlackPanther]

Got a question maybe you can help with I have a unknown breed of chick and I have narrowed it down to white rock or Cornish Rock x does anyone know how to tell the difference between the two?

The only difference I saw between Cornish X chicks and other chicks is that the Cornish Xs are really big and really chubby -- like little fluffy balls of fat

 

[bamachicks8]

Th

 

[Pinky Macgyver]

What's the average size of your roos? I'm thinking about getting a BR to mix with some new hens. Also, how well are they with defending against owls and small dogs (I realize that most dedicated roos will, but with what effectiveness?)

My roo is huge. I'm afraid I don't know weight but he has stood taller than my knee since four months and is so big and heavy I struggle to hold him. He's very protective of his one girl

 

[Ashburnham]

Pinky
Out of my batch of 13 BRs I hatched, two of the roosters are huge like yours, and 3 other roosters are merely normal sized.
I will breed the best of the large roosters with the 3 best hens.
Trying jumping on the bathroom scales holding the rooster, then just weigh yourself and subtract the difference.


xxx M

 

[Yard full o' rocks]

What's the average size of your roos? I'm thinking about getting a BR to mix with some new hens. Also, how well are they with defending against owls and small dogs (I realize that most dedicated roos will, but with what effectiveness?)

My cockerels average 10lbs at 8 months and I have one cock bird that is nearing 12 lbs (both are OVER standard weight)....I raise Columbian Rocks in LF. As far as protection against predators, owls hunt at night, male birds won't help you there. As far as small dogs/cats....maybe. Good male birds will "alarm" at a predator, but can't say they will protect the females from harm that they can't control. I lose several every yr to aerial attacks from hawks and I've lost a few to coyotes...

 

[Ashburnham]

I think our standard over here is slightly different, and has no maximum size/weight.
Possibly why you see some monstrous roosters, nearly as large as your Jersey Giants(?).

 

[BRITROCK]

HI
A picture of my cockerel at 11 months, he as been indoors since last June hence the loss of colour in his legs and beak but this will be back in a month. He is very bloody, fighting with another cockerel yesterday he flew over the fence somehow? He lost quite a few flight feathers in the fight and next doors dog bit is tail feathers.
He reminds me of the early USA SOP type shown in a book dated 1905. He is not as big as US or Australian males but big enough for the UK.

 

[chickenlover89]

HI
A picture of my cockerel at 11 months, he as been indoors since last June hence the loss of colour in his legs and beak but this will be back in a month. He is very bloody, fighting with another cockerel yesterday he flew over the fence somehow? He lost quite a few flight feathers in the fight and next doors dog bit is tail feathers.
He reminds me of the early USA SOP type shown in a book dated 1905. He is not as big as US or Australian males but big enough for the UK.

Hes pretty

sorry all that happened!

 

[chickenlover89]

My barred rock hen:


(sorry it's such a bad picture of her)

 

[BlackPanther]

What breed is the hen in front of her? She's pretty.