Plymouth Rock thread!

[aoxa]

I love my nekked necks! They're just crosses from hatchery stock, nothing fancy. I had a red one that when crossed to my splash Giant cock bird threw me blues every time. And I love the blues in any breed or hybrid!

SEVEN extra pens! I'm green!

I was surprised to have pre-orders for NNs this year. I won't hatch them other than to order because I find them hard to sell. I love them. They crack me up, and are fantastic layers and great in both the cold and the heat.

It's going to take them a while to settle down. Whenever I go in the pens they spaz out. I need latches INSIDE the pens so I can lock myself in and they don't escape while I feed and water.


Here are the breeding pens when they were first built. They now have roosts and nesting boxes.




This one here is now my Barred Plymouth Rock pen. I have a nesting box and two big roosts. No heatlamp..


Using this for my silkie breeding. Biggest one I have.


Using these top ones now for MY breeding. It's sectioned off into 3 pens for pairs. 3 feet by 4 feet each.

I have my pair of Buckeyes, my white EE pair, and my best Barred Rock pair for those pens. The bottom still has silkies in it I have to move out for chicks.
We are having a heat wave, so it's the perfect time to acclimate them.


I am so ready for spring!

 

[uphilljill]

Wow! Nice set up!

 

[gjensen]

That is a nice set up. Smart lay out.

 

[Nava]

Golden Feather Farms in Va. has Buff Rocks.
Mr. Tom Roebuck is one of the best Buff breeders in the country.

Jeff

thank you, I got me a cockerel
now I can get started on my buff naked necks,

 

[DMRippy]

Well my Black Rock was not giving me fertile eggs so I swapped him out with the Black Roo I got from Scott.... he is leaking some silver but I think I can work with it. My other Blue Rock is doing a FINE job. I just hatched 2 Black Pullets from him and 1 Blue Roo (leg issues so probably not going to make it)

I am going to move the Blue Rock out back in a bigger pen and put him with 5 other pullets for another project I have going too...... He is still going to be my main breeder for SOLID Rocks. I just need to hatch 50-60 eggs for the project then he can just work on the SOLID Rocks.

SUPER EXCITED about this year and the rocks! SEVERAL Projects will be getting a great start!

 

[TNBEARCHICK]

Hi, Wyn! I forget sometimes that the heritage stock sometimes doesn't even lay until they are almost a year old, duh! Yeah, I can see that, in those cases. I haven't hatched eggs in quite awhile. I just revved up my new Genesis to hatch some D'Anvers for someone so it may give me the fever again soon. Gawd, I hope not.

My Silver Penciled Rocks didn't start laying until 9-11 months and I am still not sure if the last one has started to lay.

 

[TNBEARCHICK]

Did not know you were a fan of the NN

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I have all my breeding pens set up for spring. Everyone is sectioned off. I'm using Jagger II for my hatching eggs and chicks. Gatsby and my best pullets are just for me. Greedy? Won't be a while until I hatch from him just yet.. My older hens (plus a few early maturers) will be my sale breeders.

Now I have to get used to taking care of 7 extra pens.. FUN.

We just added one huge pen for our White Bresse and we have 3 more in the works. I am a little slow with the coops.

 

[TNBEARCHICK]

I was surprised to have pre-orders for NNs this year. I won't hatch them other than to order because I find them hard to sell. I love them. They crack me up, and are fantastic layers and great in both the cold and the heat.

It's going to take them a while to settle down. Whenever I go in the pens they spaz out. I need latches INSIDE the pens so I can lock myself in and they don't escape while I feed and water.


Here are the breeding pens when they were first built. They now have roosts and nesting boxes.




This one here is now my Barred Plymouth Rock pen. I have a nesting box and two big roosts. No heatlamp..


Using this for my silkie breeding. Biggest one I have.


Using these top ones now for MY breeding. It's sectioned off into 3 pens for pairs. 3 feet by 4 feet each.

I have my pair of Buckeyes, my white EE pair, and my best Barred Rock pair for those pens. The bottom still has silkies in it I have to move out for chicks.
We are having a heat wave, so it's the perfect time to acclimate them.


I am so ready for spring!

I like.

 

[TNBEARCHICK]

Well my Black Rock was not giving me fertile eggs so I swapped him out with the Black Roo I got from Scott.... he is leaking some silver but I think I can work with it. My other Blue Rock is doing a FINE job. I just hatched 2 Black Pullets from him and 1 Blue Roo (leg issues so probably not going to make it)

I am going to move the Blue Rock out back in a bigger pen and put him with 5 other pullets for another project I have going too...... He is still going to be my main breeder for SOLID Rocks. I just need to hatch 50-60 eggs for the project then he can just work on the SOLID Rocks.

SUPER EXCITED about this year and the rocks! SEVERAL Projects will be getting a great start!

 

[Sofi]

I love, love LOVE my barred rock! She's quickly becoming my favorite (I'm a nouveau chicken keeper)... I brought my 4 pullets from the farm on Saturday (1 barred rock, 1 RIR, 2 Ameraucanas). My Helen is such a curious, friendly, playful girl!

Here's a pic of her staring at my camera today....