Plymouth Rock thread!

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Thank you, Yes I got 8 SPPR chicks last week. I guess I am addicted as I have more eggs that should be hatching out in 2 weeks. I am only getting a few eggs a week from only two pullets. I had four pullets but a few week ago I choose to cull two of them as their cushion problem was to much.

The SPPR are pretty, I dont have any. I am having withdrawls from hatching. I normal hatch a lot in fall,but I commited to shutting the incubator off for a few months, man i wish I wouldnt of done that lol. Hopefully you get a couple of good breeding canidates.

 

[aoxa]

The SPPR are pretty, I dont have any. I am having withdrawls from hatching. I normal hatch a lot in fall,but I commited to shutting the incubator off for a few months, man i wish I wouldnt of done that lol. Hopefully you get a couple of good breeding canidates.

You and I will stick together. I've been clean since July

I hatched year round last year... I swore I wouldn't do it again. Too much chaos.

I found a surprise chick under a silkie today.. didn't even know she was setting that long. LOL

 

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You and I will stick together. I've been clean since July

I hatched year round last year... I swore I wouldn't do it again. Too much chaos.

I found a surprise chick under a silkie today.. didn't even know she was setting that long. LOL

I hope I can last until spring. My last hatch was in September. I like to hatch in fall so that the chicks are grown around summer time. Of course I still hatch in the summer. I am getting another incubator soon hehe. What a pleasant surprise! How many did she hatch?

 

[aoxa]

I hope I can last until spring. My last hatch was in September. I like to hatch in fall so that the chicks are grown around summer time. Of course I still hatch in the summer. I am getting another incubator soon hehe. What a pleasant surprise! How many did she hatch?

Just one. There are six or more eggs left. I have no idea when she started setting. I've been so busy.

Just goes to show you really don't need to mess with a broody or her eggs. They know what they are doing!

If I didn't have broodies hatching so frequently, I'm sure I'd want to hatch manually by now. I had a broody hatch last month too, and two the month before.

 

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Just one. There are six or more eggs left. I have no idea when she started setting. I've been so busy.

Just goes to show you really don't need to mess with a broody or her eggs. They know what they are doing!

If I didn't have broodies hatching so frequently, I'm sure I'd want to hatch manually by now. I had a broody hatch last month too, and two the month before.

Man your hens are getting down to business. I haven't had a broody hen forever.

 

[aoxa]

Man your hens are getting down to business. I haven't had a broody hen forever.

Two of my four adult Rocks went broody in September The rest were all Silkies or Silkie crosses.
One was a Silkie cross Barred Rock, and she was/is my very best mother. Raised 12 chicks and took on a cooper hawk and won!

I confined one Rock as she was being picked on and when she was being bullied, she'd take off and leave her chicks defenceless... The other one was good, but lost 6/9 of her chicks to the hawk. They aren't bad mothers, just not protective enough I guess.

 

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Two of my four adult Rocks went broody in September The rest were all Silkies or Silkie crosses. 
One was a Silkie cross Barred Rock, and she was/is my very best mother. Raised 12 chicks and took on a cooper hawk and won!

I confined one Rock as she was being picked on and when she was being bullied, she'd take off and leave her chicks defenceless... The other one was good, but lost 6/9 of her chicks to the hawk. They aren't bad mothers, just not protective enough I guess.

wow she fought iff a hawk! What a giod little mom. Some just have the natural mothering instincts sime never quite pick it up.

 

[keesha63]

I currently have one of my two barred rocks living in my house. Poor girl developed a vent prolapse and she's only 10 months She's on the road to recovery after being stitched up by the vet. She did enjoy the twice daily spa visits to the kitchen sink. Much more than I enjoyed scrubbing it with javex afterwards!

 

[TNBEARCHICK]

I am still waiting on my SPPR to lay, so I can start hatching. Its about 9 1/2 months now.

 

[aoxa]

Here are some of the Barred from Saturday. Some are younger than others, so I am not going to try to guess the age. I do know the ones in the tree are 13 weeks for sure, as they were broody hatched.. but the other vary in age from 14 - 18 weeks









This one is 13 weeks (broody raised)










13 week old male.


Just to show leg spacing


One of the 3 tagged boys. This is the youngest one. 14 weeks.