Plymouth Rock thread!

[Hennypen]

Thanks,
that helps since I don't rember how big the eggs were that wynette sent. Lol

can you explain the difference in the combs? Is it a difference in food? The two small comb girls hatched at the same time as the large comb girls.

 

[kathyinmo]

Yard full o' rocks :

Ok......its Day 7 and I just candled all my Col Rock eggs. EVERY one (10) from the Ohio bred flock is fertile and growing well. I have 3 of 10 that I set from my birds that came from Canada that are fertile. Guess it took the 'ol boy a little while to figure things out.

I'll be setting add't eggs hopefully Sat or Sun from the Canadian pen, once I have enough collected.

I'm glad to hear it, Scott! Great news! I can hardly wait to hear that you have a "yard full o' rocks!"

On another note ..... I candled my BR eggs, too. Zero, zip, zilch, nada ..... not one fertile. I have my biggest BR boy in with the New Hampshire girls, and YAY .... those eggs are fertile! As soon as I have enough of those eggs, I will return him to the BR pen, and return the NH boys with their girls. Gettin' there .....​

 

[Yard full o' rocks]

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The comb thing is simply genetics. I have 6 Col Rocks from the same breeder in Ohio. 2 have VERY small combs, the others are considerably larger

I doubt food has anything to do with it

I have heard that birds in the South (where I am) tend to have large combs than those in the north as this is the way in which they dissipate heat....not sure if thats true or not

 

[Hennypen]

Those two are south of Atlanta and I'm north so I think we're back to genetics.

 

[cherylcohen]

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What line are these from?

 

[punky rooster]

I think they are from wynettes line

 

[Hennypen]

Yes Wynette. I sold the two with a lot of white and broken penciling. Those two also had the small combs.

 

[cherylcohen]

wow, really mine from Wynette have amazing penciling...do you have others that are good?

 

[Hennypen]

Yes go back a few pages. I kept three hens who look good.

 

[Wynette]

Hey, Hennypen! That's very interesting about your hens with the broken penciling; no one has ever indicated that my line is throwing this - I'll watch for it, and see if it's due to a specific hen. Thanks for posting!