Plymouth Rock thread!

[TNBEARCHICK]

My barred rocks are a mix of decent birds, none show quality but great egg layers. While do try to improve them they are not a priority because they are simply for eggs but I do look towards the standard while enjoying the eggs and birds.

 

[Robert Blosl]

In my search for breeders of the Silver Penciled Plymouth Rocks this is what I have found.


Dick Horstman - http://horstmanspoultry.com/largefowlhome/silverpencilrock.html

Danny Padgett - http://padgettspoultry.m.webs.com/s...f9a32ace231dbfe6085194&fb_sig_network=fw#1013


Adamson Acres ( Wynette ) - http://www.adamsonacres.com/details.htm


PEI chicken - A Silver Penciled Plymouth Rock breeder out of Canada.


Die Fly Ranch - http://www.dieflyranch.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31&Itemid=166


Sunnyside Up Micro-Farm - http://www.sunnysideupmicrofarm.com/barred_cochins.html


DeAnna - A Silver Penciled Plymouth Rock breeder out of Oregon.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/u/136840/deannaor

Ruth - A Silver Penciled Plymouth Rock breeder out of Texas.


The Omelet Ranch ( cherylcohen ) - cherylcohen sold this stock to Die Fly Ranch a few years ago.

Thank you for this work. I read this at work and enjoyed going to the other sites to see the birds in the Silver Penciled color pattern.

Also for those who want to purchase chicks next year boy there are some great blood lines to get and rare breeds to obtain I did not know Danny had this to offer his stock is excellent.

So if you look at the different breeds available we have many new sources than we had last year to choose from

Thanks again. Great research and helpful to so many who want to move over and get Standard Breed Fowl and get away from the Hatchery chickens which I understand is very popular ont his site.

Would you think that there are maybe 500 people who have hatchery fowl to one of us who has Standard breed barred Rock Rare Poultry.

Someone has to be a PRESERVATIONIST. But not every buddy wants to be. Keep up the good work you guys. bob

 

[catdaddyfro]

I'm not trying to be rude or anything, but I feel like I need to say something here... I've been doing my best reading through all the posts. Keeping in mind that everybody has a right to their opinions and preferences. Having said that. I am sad to say I will no longer be following this group/thread. While I think it's great to be preserving a heritage bird, I feel as though I have been made to feel like my Plymouth Rock shouldn't even exist because she's a hatchery bird. Now granted nothing was said to me directly. But it's in the tone of other posts, and in comments made to others that have posted pics. Things like oh that's "just a hatchery bird". I choose not to waste my time reading your posts about who's line is better than who's. I may be new to having backyard chickens but I love my girls! I am confident in their ability to someday provide me with eggs (which is their sole purpose). I don't care if her markings are imperfect. I don't care if I can name to line she was sired from. And I don't care that she will never win a ribbon for best in show! All I care about is having healthy happy birds.

edited by staff

I have both and they both have/serve their own respectable purpose on this farm, there's a reason behind EVERYTHING.

Jeff

 

[Wynette]

I hope Danny is still breeding the LF silver penciled; I had heard he was getting out of LF and only breeding the bantams, which was why he sold his last LF SPR to Chery Cohen. Cheryl is no longer in the country, and I'm not sure why her website is still active. I know that she sold all of her stock before she moved. I spoke with the woman at Diefly to offer assistance after she purchased her SPR from Cheryl, and she told me that she had not kept the lines separate once she got them from Cheryl. Very nice lady, hope she's still working on them!!

Regarding hatchery versus H-bred birds; I have both on my farm, also. I do not believe in using light to force laying in the off season, and so I do purchase a few hatchery-bred rocks each spring as they lay through the winter for me. My H-bred birds do not. I don't see it as a bad thing, both have their purpose, and we should definitely not look down on someone who has hatchery stock.

 

[Fred's Hens]

both have their purpose, and we should definitely not look down on someone who has hatchery stock.

Nor the other way around.

While a person may not understand or appreciate the hobby and passion that is the keeping of heritage or fancy birds as it may not be their personal cup of tea, viva la difference. It's what makes the world go round.

 

[Wynette]

True that, Fred. I also think it's good to know "both sides" so to speak.

 

[catdaddyfro]

True that, Fred. I also think it's good to know "both sides" so to speak.

I sorta had the same thing posted just worded a little different is all, I edited it though, as I don't say things as eloquently as some folks do. LOL


Jeff

 

[Silver Rock]

Hi Wynette
You have a very nice website with a lot of nice photos of the Silver Penciled Plymouth Rock breed. However there is one thing I noticed on your website that you may want to change. The depiction you give for the Silver Penciled Plymouth Rock hen is

"The hens have beautiful penciling on their feathers, with chests being mottled/white, and heads lighter."

To keep from confusing any newcomers that may be interested in the Silver Penciled Plymouth Rock breed do you think it would be more helpful if it read as

"The hens are beautifully penciled throughout their body."

or maybe

"The juvenile pullets have beautiful penciling on their feathers, with chests being mottled/white, and heads lighter."



Looking forward to seeing pictures of the chicks from Canada.

 

[Wynette]

Hi Wynette
You have a very nice website with a lot of nice photos of the Silver Penciled Plymouth Rock breed. However there is one thing I noticed on your website that you may want to change. The depiction you give for the Silver Penciled Plymouth Rock hen is

"The hens have beautiful penciling on their feathers, with chests being mottled/white, and heads lighter."

To keep from confusing any newcomers that may be interested in the Silver Penciled Plymouth Rock breed do you think it would be more helpful if it read as

"The hens are beautifully penciled throughout their body."

or maybe

"The juvenile pullets have beautiful penciling on their feathers, with chests being mottled/white, and heads lighter."



Looking forward to seeing pictures of the chicks from Canada.

Thanks for the feedback - my site was not built by me, but by a good friend who is much more "techie" than I am, and had been pushing me for a couple of years to get something out there regarding my birds. It's quite outdated, I'm embarrassed to say! He looked at the pictures and used the phenotype that he saw in many of the descriptions (suffice to say, he's not a chicken person, but did the best job he could).

However, I've not had anyone get "confused" by what is posted there so far; I think most folks know what they're looking for before they even get there - SPR with very nice type & color - and so it matters not to them that the description may not be letter perfect. I definitely DO need to get my site updated on all of my breeds, though, so thanks again for bringing it to my attention. I also need to get some pics of the Canadian-line SPR that I have growing out, as well!

 

[speckledhen]

To the person who seemed insulted for their hatchery Rocks: I have both hatchery bred Rocks and breeder/heritage Rocks and I love them both, for different reasons.

In my opinion, there is not a thing wrong with having hatchery Rocks, other than they tend to die from reproductive malfunctions much more readily than a well-bred heritage bird. I've had both, was smitten with Barred Rocks when I got my first ones from Ideal. Now, all of my hatchery originals are dead, 95% of them from internal laying/egg yolk peritonitis. That goes for other common hatchery egg laying breeds as well as the Rocks, though.

I do not have that health issue with my heritage breed stock, I just don't. Their genetics are just better, overall. The hatchery birds tend to lay much larger eggs than the heritage/breeder stock that I have--that goes for both the Rocks and the Orps. I have two descended from hatchery stock Barred Rock hens who are going on 7 years old and still laying and they lay bigger eggs than my heritage Rocks (who are over 2 years old now). Wouldn't take $100 for any of them. They all have their place and they each have their strengths. My heritage Rocks are awesome hens, huge, beautiful and still with their broody tendencies, which I never saw in any of my hatchery Barred Rocks. My BBS Rocks are also very healthy hens and they lay jumbo eggs, regularly and have the friendly personality you expect from a Rock and two of my three are the broody type as well.

I have nothing to offer on the SPR front. To me, they cannot beat a gorgeous Barred Plymouth Rock in my eyes. Just not my cup of tea so I never really studied what is right or wrong in that color variety. I know who professional breeders say have the best ones, but I leave that up to them.