Plymouth Rock thread!

[DMRippy]

I think the Black are so nice looking. It is sad that they are so rare. i have had a few locals here tell me they have them but i have not seen them to say if they are or not.

I started with some Splash Rocks but never found a roo. I saw someone on CL in like Dickson with some blues and splashes but no blacks. Not sure why nobody breeds for them. They are not an APA accepted color and maybe BLACK Rocks are just BORING...... not to me..... LOVE them.

The blue rock look better than the black but not as worried at this point. I just want something to work with.

 

[bigdaddyjts1]

Here is my baby Maly! She is about 4 months old!

 

[MEMama3]

My barred was so stinkin cute this morning. I wish I had my camera with me. She went running out to the snow and pecked it like a mad woman (despite the fact she had plenty of water). At one point she looked up and had a whole beard of snow. She looked like a striped Santa lol.

 

[cybercat]

I started with some Splash Rocks but never found a roo. I saw someone on CL in like Dickson with some blues and splashes but no blacks. Not sure why nobody breeds for them. They are not an APA accepted color and maybe BLACK Rocks are just BORING...... not to me..... LOVE them.

The blue rock look better than the black but not as worried at this point. I just want something to work with.

But they black is APA in the bantams. The Blue is in the large. Never understood that one since it takes black to make the blue.

 

[DMRippy]

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Ditto. It has eluded me too.

 

[Yard full o' rocks]

Ditto. It has eluded me too.

I don't think it would be hard to get them accepted (since they are already recognized by the ABA) IF enough breeders would get together and breed them, establish the "standards criteria" and submit for approval

 

[DMRippy]

Quote: I would think the standard would be the same as the Blues and you could just change the word blue to black..... RIGHT??? I would think anything else would cause a problem with the APA.

 

[catdaddyfro]

Is it the dark legs that's the problem in the Blacks being accepted? seems there was discussions on this back some time ago.

Jeff

 

[BGMatt]

I would think the standard would be the same as the Blues and you could just change the word blue to black..... RIGHT??? I would think anything else would cause a problem with the APA.

You'd still have to go through the steps, and then have a successful qualifying meet. Considering how bad most of the Blue "Plymouth Rocks" are finding decent Black Plymouth Rocks would be just as difficult. Probably would be best to remake them, as Joe Emenheiser has done with the Blue Plymouth Rocks.

 

[catdaddyfro]

Donna aren't the blacks you have from the same Cobb stock that Joe is using in his blues too?

Jeff