Plymouth Rock thread!

[Wendy'sChicksRock]

do any of you see a roo/ Im not sure as none of them have tails yet? also, im new to this stuff.

 

[Yard full o' rocks]

The one on the left in the first pix is a roo...guess the last pix is of the same bird. BR cockerels will be lighter in color than the females

Hope that helps

 

[Wendy'sChicksRock]

so if I have 4 and 2 of them are a lighter color with a little bit bigger combs and leggs they are roos? i hope not cuz they are my fav hens. The other two are darker and less friendly. All hatched the 1st of june.

 

[Rock N' Faverolles]

Scott's right. The bird on the left is the male. If you have two that look like this, then both are males.

David

 

[cybercat]

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I have my roost set at 4 ft. Some can fly up to this but most choose to hop from stump or nest box. I have had a few of my fly up to the top of the ac unit outside then to the railing on the back pourch. But they were lighter than they are now so have not done it all year. The ac unit is just over 5 ft.

 

[Ducktang]

With Rocks, males with have pointy ends to their feathers, females will be rounded....

 

[racuda]

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I already wanted some of Jamie's birds, and that cinches it.

 

[Ducktang]

Kathy,
I assume all are the same age.
Pic one, he is looking good, watch the tail, if it doesn't fill out, don't use him as primary breeder. He does have a nice head and comb as best as I can tell from that pic.
Pic two, if he keeps the head that low all the time and the breast hangs down, cull him. Otherwise a better pic is needed. If he normally stands tall, he is looking good. I'd like a better pic of him more at ease.....
Pic three, if his tail doesn't pic up or his top line doesn't get any better cull him also. He has a small head leaning toward the crow head.
Pic 4, good width, but looks like he drags his breast, unless he is running away. Probably need a better pic of him at resting. Looks like a small head and tail is low.
Pic 5, he is looking good, His top line is about right, the new primarys are probably making his wings tender and making his wings hang low, nice tail, I'd watch this one.
Pic 6, He looks ok, but you have two other birds that look better.
Pic 7 Only thing I can really tell here is the closest bird is looking good and I'd like to see the farthest bird more at ease. If he raises his tail, he is nice.
That is a good hen, you need to mate her with a lighter colored rooster or else her progeny will be darker, hens carry two coloring genes, so you are fighting the dark pigmentation gene with her anyway.
Overall, I'd say you got a good start, it took me hatching 180 birds the first year to get 2-3 like you got, so the genes are concentrating now and the progeny are getting more like the parents. Don't fret about the variation, like I told you, they were a mess when I got them and they have come a long way. Also, large combs mean more hormones, that is what you want. Large heads also mean large body structure, so look for those.
How did I do? Did I pick any of mine as keepers?

 

[halo]

Wonderful critique....Kathy, thanks for posting those pictures, and Ducktang, thanks for the critique.

 

[kathyinmo]

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The ones with pink bands on came from you, as well as the pullet.