Plymouth Rock thread!

[Happy Chooks]

Love that first shot!

Lot's of nice looking boys there Kathy. How many girls did you get out of that hatch? I love their barring.

 

[Wynette]

OH! A Plymouth Rock thread! I've got Silver Pencileds, and LOVE them!

 

[HenThymes]

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What a beautiful couple!

 

[Happy Chooks]

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I beat you to it with photo's of my babies from you.

I can't wait for them to get all grown up and as beautiful as their parents! I always love seeing your birds Wynette!

 

[Yard full o' rocks]

Kathy...my BRs that I hatched from Kraig Shafer's stock are looking a lot like your Horstman birds. I found out that the people that are REALLY into rocks have bred for a "slow feathering gene" in the BRs (Jamie, ie Ducktang's, will have it too). This gene (for whatever reason) will cause the barring to be perfectly perpendicular to the shaft....perfect parallel bars of white and black. Those without this gene they tend to have a "V" shape to the feather coloring, I never noticed it before, but my BRs from Lockehearts have the "V" shape to the black and white color on the feathers.

I just hatched some BRs from Tom Wheeler and he told me to expect the same. I have some 8 week olds in my grow up pen that have a thin strip running right down their backs that have nothing but "down" still there.

I noticed that my Columbian Rocks have a similar feathering trait (slow) but I have yet to find out what or why this is in that color pattern.

Looks like my last hatch of BBS rocks produced me 2 blue pullets, 1 blue roo and 1 blue barred roo. I am planning to keep the 3 solid blues, but the blue barred will be going as he will throw barred offspring.

I also just hatched some White Rocks from SQ lines. Was told to expect birds larger than I had seen before in Rocks....but that these would be an example of what "rocks should be". I am planning to use them to improve the size, type and leg color of both my blues and my columbians.

Hope everyone is well.....it's storming here! Have a great Memorial Day everyone and remember all those who have and are serving on our behalf in the name of freedom!!

 

[Wynette]

I didn't see your post, Kelly - was it that super cute pic you PMd me? I'll go look!

That's not a great pic of them, as the wind was blowing strongly that day, making them looked like they're shaped funny. Here's a couple better pics:

Here's Chip:

And one of his girls (unnamed because they all look so much alike I almost can't tell them apart):

Okay, now I'm off to scroll through & find some Partridge and Blue pics if possible!!

 

[Happy Chooks]

Yes, it's the same picture I sent to you Wynette. As soon as I can upload more, I'll put them here.

 

[kathyinmo]

Yard full o' rocks :

I found out that the people that are REALLY into rocks have bred for a "slow feathering gene" in the BRs (Jamie, ie Ducktang's, will have it too).

Scott, look at this one! Poor pitiful naked thing! I have 2 that are like this one. That is very interesting information. I will watch for that, as these grow out.

Wynette, I absolutely love looking at your Silver Penciled Rocks! They are so beautiful!​

 

[halo]

Oh geez look at that naked thing!!

Are his legs white? Arent they supposed to be yellow?

 

[kathyinmo]

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I had to go back outside and look! Yes, the SOP calls for yellow shanks and toes. They look like they are starting to turn yellow, as I can see slight yellow on some of them. I guess I never paid attention what the color was when they were hatched. I need to pay attention, and see.....