The Plymouth Rock Breeders thread

[speckledhen]

Sing along with me. "I'm in love with Druscilla's mom". LOL

That Dottie's still got it goin' on.
Cyn, you sure you don't want me to send you some BR eggs? I'd love to do it.

Thanks! I agree, Dottie is pretty darn cool. She's a sweetheart, too. My Stukel Rock girls are da bomb! I'm going to PM you, Fred.

 

[DMRippy]

Quote:
Silver is sex linked and should make sex links if you use SPPR hen with Partridge roo.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/261208/sex-linked-information

 

[Ripster]

Evening all

Here are 2 quick shots of my first hatch of 2014 that are now in the grow out pen....pardon the mess, its been raining like crazy here. These chicks are 5 1/2 weeks old and fully feathered!! Look at the size of these rascals. New feeding regime seems to have helped




Rip Stalvey (Ripster here in BYC), a licensed poultry judge, came by last night on his way back to Fla after judging a show in Ohio. He had some very complimentary things to say and gave me some insight on the feather quality issue Wynette and Fred were discussing a few posts back. When I asked for areas that I needed to improve, of course "top line" was at the head of the list.Overall, headed in the right direction.....I very much appreciated him stopping by, delaying his drive back to Fla, to give me a bit of advise from the perspective of a judge.

I hope everyone's hatches are coming along. I have 1 due Saturday, 1 the following Saturday and then I'm done. Already have about 3 dozen hatched and about 5 dozen more in the "cooker"

Well Scott I must say it was a genuine pleasure to get a chance to see such nice birds. I raised Columbian Rocks at one time....Ahem, we won't talk about how long ago that was, but yours are by far the nicest I have ever laid eyes on. You are doing very well by them with you breeding choices. I suspect it won't be long before you can saddle those chicks and go for a ride if they keep growing like they are! lol I was impressed by your birds width overall and also the length of leg you have on them. A lot of large fowl I see today have legs that are too short and set too close together. It's not just in rocks but other breeds as well. I will try to dig through some of my poultry books and look for some images that illustrate feather quality, both good and bad, when I have a chance...it's been crazy at work since I got back so you may have to be a little patient with me. Thanks again for allowing me to stop by, I just wish I had had more time to visit. Keep up the good work.

Rip

 

[Egghead_Jr]

Evening all

Here are 2 quick shots of my first hatch of 2014 that are now in the grow out pen....pardon the mess, its been raining like crazy here. These chicks are 5 1/2 weeks old and fully feathered!! Look at the size of these rascals. New feeding regime seems to have helped

Scott, I went back to try and find what your need feeding regiment was. Can't find it. Fermented feed, game bird starter. something else?

 

[Yard full o' rocks]

Scott, I went back to try and find what your need feeding regiment was. Can't find it. Fermented feed, game bird starter. something else?

Just this yr, I have started adding calf manna and oats to my chick feed. Regular chick feed with 1/4 cup (per qt feeding jar) of ground up calf manna/oats mixed

Well worth trying

 

[bigjohn752000]

good morning i just got a new white rock rooster would like to get some opinions from yall professionals!!! for size comparrison that is a 7 gallon bucket in background of pic!!!
first time to ever have a chicken shipped he left tenn mon eve at 5 was in shreveport by 7 next morning very good experience

 

[Fred's Hens]

That's the male Ken Weaver shipped you, right?

I don't see how you can go wrong!!! Congratulations.

 

[bigjohn752000]

thats him hes 9lbs 9 months old first chicken ive had not hatchery quality im impressed ken made this go so smooth i wouldnt hesitate to do it again got a great bird and made a good friend!!! he was was shipped to minden but made a stop in shreveport got to phone calls from shreveport post office to ask if i wanted to come get him he would crow at everyone that walked by lol!!! post office was very effecient lol

 

[bigjohn752000]

btw fred ty for giving me the lead to ken!!!

 

[Fred's Hens]

You're welcome. I've got a box of Ken's White Rock eggs coming next week. I admit, I am stoked.