Tell Me about Your White Plymouth Rocks

[CoopedChik]

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I said 6 monthes but then again that might be why mine are over a year now they just have a broilers personality.

 

[brahmakid11]

I got one for Christmas and named it Noel

 

[CluckyJay]

I'll post back later when they start laying. So far they are pretty nice but they are not tame. The poor guy, I think he was so blind he didn't even notice they were covered in leg mites.

Son said he was really happy when I could taken them off his hands. I hate to see people get so sick they cannot keep their animals.

This is my first time having them so whatever they do is totally new to me.

 

[hondo58]

8 months old. Very friendly, calm, lay big brown eggs. Cold weather is no factor. Non aggressive towards other chickens. Non broody. Forage and eat well, as you can see.

 

[CluckyJay]

So lovely!!! I just love how fat and sassy they look. I am really liking mine so far. I can't wait until they are over all their mites so I can free-range them with my other hens. I feel so bad they are cooped up all the time.

 

[hondo58]

For comparison here is a shot of the eggs from Daisie and Doosie (the egg explains her name).



Here is a shot of Doosie's egg, Daisie's egg and Elkie's egg. Elkie is our bantam mystery chick: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/578823/evolution-of-a-mystery-chick-pic-heavy

 

[CluckyJay]

Thank you for posting!! That is really helpful. And wow, that's a big egg!!!

My ladies have finally started to try and get out of the quarantine pen. They are much perkier and are gaining even more weight. I can't wait to get rid of all traces of parasites so I can release them, LOL. They're chomping at the bit!

 

[hondo58]

And wow, that's a big egg!!!

It's gigantic. Daisie's egg would be considered Jumbo size. Doosie's egg is whatever size is two times larger than Jumbo. Most likely it is a double yolk-er. I'll post a pic here when we crack it open if it is. It doesn't fit in the Jumbo egg carton, it won't close.

 

[hondo58]

Here's a 3 minute video of the White Plymouth Rock hens, Doosie and Daisie along with our roo Louie on a cold gray winter day.