Plymouth Rock thread!

[Yard full o' rocks]

Who said in my poultry yard? I said I can sell the culls from a breeding program. Plenty of folks have no idea there is any standard for chickens and just want good backyard birds. They are the ones who end up with my culls, most of which are still far superior to hatchery stock that they would otherwise be stuck with. Besides, I have a laying flock that is full of show quality birds who have aged as well as "culls" as you'd call them. I have plenty of room for good layers, plenty.

ETA: And, by the way, there are may folks on this thread with good old hatchery stock who would love to post pictures of their Plymouth Rocks. I want them to feel as welcome to do so as anyone with those "perfect" birds. I started with hatchery stock and I have a 4 yr old hatchery descended hen, a "cull", who outlays all of my younger, better quality Rock hens still. She can stay forever. Plenty of room for Fern. Since I do have chickens for eggs, if a perfect-per-Standard hen never lays, she is a cull around here. And you know what culls are called at my place? Pets. They don't live forever. And they at least give me fertilzer, which is more than I could say for a dog, so they aren't doing nothing, certainly.

I don't want to run off all the folks with their "normal" Rocks from this thread. They are welcome to be here and post as much as any with birds with "name brands".

I agree Cyn.....the breeders thread can deal with PRs that are being bred to the Standard/prepared for shows/etc

In my neck-o-the-woods, a cull pullet/hen around here is worth about $15 (thats a bag of feed) to someone looking for a layer in their backyard flock. I ALWAYS forewarn the buyer that in MY program they are not breeders.....HOWEVER, a cull this year might have been a breeder to me 2-3 yrs ago. I've NEVER eaten a pullet/hen, but I must admit a few cockerels have been to freezer camp

 

[speckledhen]

Hey, who here has the blues now? Since halo sold out of hers awhile back, not many have posted them other than me, that I recall. Blue, black and splash are the variety I liked in Orps and Ameraucanas so it was natural to love the same colors in Rocks.

And if someone has blacks, are your blacks super broody like mine is? Scott's was also broodier than his other colors, which I think is really weird.

The only cull I ever ate was a Delaware cockerel who was going to be culled anyway due to a not so great comb, but he became so aggressive, he became stew. Wasn't going to allow his genes to be propagated. He wasn't out of Isaac's group, but before that.

 

[Yard full o' rocks]

Hey, who here has the blues now? Since halo sold out of hers awhile back, not many have posted them other than me, that I recall. Blue, black and splash are the variety I liked in Orps and Ameraucanas so it was natural to love the same colors in Rocks.

And if someone has blacks, are your blacks super broody like mine is? Scott's was also broodier than his other colors, which I think is really weird.

The only cull I ever ate was a Delaware cockerel who was going to be culled anyway due to a not so great comb, but he became so aggressive, he became stew.

Cyn....my blacks from Halo were ALWAYS broody (although one of them was a horrible mama....she never learned). I have one "black" right now (Madea) and she has yet to be broody. I did have 2 CRs brood this year....the one that's an oddball "sport"....blue columbian looking with some red leakage and one of my pure Canadian girls. Both made GREAT mamas.

NOW - my Wyandottes are about as bad as silkies.....2 girls have brooded 4 times EACH since last March (but since this is a PR thread, I'll end that right here). They are EXCELLENT mamas at any rate

 

[speckledhen]

Dottie, my second largest Stukel hen, raised two chicks who are about 15 weeks old and tried again to go broody, but I kept dumping her out of the nest. She's been broody about five times and she's 2 yrs old. The others haven't done so yet. One of my blue Rocks was broody, but she crushed the chick as it was hatching--first timer.

 

[PaintedFeathers]

Hello, new to this thread! I have all different breeds of chickens, but I jut rescued a bantam barred plymouth rock Cock. This is Xander, not sure how old he is but I picked him up for free at the last fair. He is in rough shape, when I brought him home last sunday he had leg mites, lice, dry pox, a respiratory issue, and he i severely emaciated. The poor guy is just a sweetheart, I have been treating all of his ailments and he is slowly recovering. He has his own room, so he's quite spoiled

When he fully recovers I have two bantam wyandotte hens for him. I guess he is really nice? That's what i've been told by some people. I don't know anything about rocks yet or their standard, but I do plan to show him with the rest of my show chickens next year.

 

[Yard full o' rocks]

Hello, new to this thread! I have all different breeds of chickens, but I jut rescued a bantam barred plymouth rock Cock. This is Xander, not sure how old he is but I picked him up for free at the last fair. He is in rough shape, when I brought him home last sunday he had leg mites, lice, dry pox, a respiratory issue, and he i severely emaciated. The poor guy is just a sweetheart, I have been treating all of his ailments and he is slowly recovering. He has his own room, so he's quite spoiled

When he fully recovers I have two bantam wyandotte hens for him. I guess he is really nice? That's what i've been told by some people. I don't know anything about rocks yet or their standard, but I do plan to show him with the rest of my show chickens next year.

I think you can heal him up.....he has excellent barring. He needs some meat on his bones, but he looks quite nice

 

[speckledhen]

The only thing that would concern me is the respiratory issue, if it's contagious and can spread. Most respiratory stuff makes them carriers, but you'd have to see if it's just him being kept in damp quarters and more like pneumonia or something fungal, neither of which is contagious, or something more sinister. The other stuff is not a problem to fix over time. He's gorgeous! Whoever let him get in that condition, I have a few choice words for them.

 

[PaintedFeathers]

The only thing that would concern me is the respiratory issue, if it's contagious and can spread. Most respiratory stuff makes them carriers, but you'd have to see if it's just him being kept in damp quarters and more like pneumonia or something fungal, neither of which is contagious, or something more sinister. The other stuff is not a problem to fix over time. He's gorgeous! Whoever let him get in that condition, I have a few choice words for them.

He was going to be sold for reptile food with the rest of the left over cocks =/ I pulled him right out of the "food" cage in time. I think it's just from being in bad health and bad conditions. I'm hoping it isn't wet pox since he already has dry pox too. I am giving him Tylan, he's been on it for 3 days now. If that doesn't work i'm going to try LA200(I think that's it?) or aureomycin

 

[ghostwolf211]

 

[Yard full o' rocks]

Look like typical Rocks.....so curious and inquistive