The Plymouth Rock Breeders thread

[aoxa]

Here is the spare male I have. He is simply HUGE. All of those SPPR are. He is 9 months. Still can fill out more for sure. My SP are on range now. Not breeding them until fall when they mature some more.


This is the one I used. Picture taken a few months ago. I haven't got a recent picture of him, but they are comparable with the one I chose having a longer back.

 

[bigjohn752000]

The solid color varieties of breeds are where most young folks, young in the poultry fancy, need to start perhaps. Blosl always said this and I couldn't agree more. Once you stop worrying about color and a solid color bird doesn't have lacing or barring or a pattern to worry about, you work on your eye. Pretend they're just those all black silhouette birds and see them that way.

This may explain why I have Reds and this year, I'm back in the White Rock game. LOL I just need something else to work on without these darn barring all the time.

thats why i started with the best white rocks i could get i m new in the showing and the breeding for the sop . got excited at first wanted 5 diff breeds until i got on this thread and started reading and talking and i was trying to bite off a whole lot so decided on the white rock after i got a rooster from ken weaver and this rooster was beautiful and it showed me my way "and it was kens cull lol" i dont mind useing the correct words i will learn more as i study and learn sop book.thanks for all the teachings

 

[Fred's Hens]

thats why i started with the best white rocks i could get i m new in the showing and the breeding for the sop . got excited at first wanted 5 diff breeds until i got on this thread and started reading and talking and i was trying to bite off a whole lot so decided on the white rock after i got a rooster from ken weaver and this rooster was beautiful and it showed me my way "and it was kens cull lol" i dont mind useing the correct words i will learn more as i study and learn sop book.thanks for all the teachings

A quality decision. Folks just starting out must face this honestly, which is why old time mentors push their beginning students to slow down and focus.

It is wearisome to have more than one breed. Most folks have their heart in the right place, but not their head, in preserving, breeding and sharing a breed. But that all gets diluted quickly because most folks simply do not have funds to feed 300 birds, space to house them properly, time to manage the breeding pens of three breeds, space to brood from three breeds, and so on.

What happens is that the "numbers" game can catch up with them quickly. Too many birds overwhelms them and too few birds hatched and regression in quality takes over.

 

[Silver Rock]

My Dick Horstman line Silver Penciled Plymouth Rock pullets started laying at 23 weeks and my Danny Padgett line Silver Penciled Plymouth Rock pullets started laying at 26 weeks.

 

[bigjohn752000]

A quality decision. Folks just starting out must face this honestly, which is why old time mentors push their beginning students to slow down and focus.

It is wearisome to have more than one breed. Most folks have their heart in the right place, but not their head, in preserving, breeding and sharing a breed. But that all gets diluted quickly because most folks simply do not have funds to feed 300 birds, space to house them properly, time to manage the breeding pens of three breeds, space to brood from three breeds, and so on.

What happens is that the "numbers" game can catch up with them quickly. Too many birds overwhelms them and too few birds hatched and regression in quality takes over

luckily i caught it before i ivested to much and overwhelmed myself and thats to the thanks of ken weaver and yall on here!!! AND A BIG EDIT ID I SAID ROOSTER EARLIER AND HE IS A COCKEREL LOL

 

[aoxa]

My Dick Horstman line Silver Penciled Plymouth Rock pullets started laying at 23 weeks and my Danny Padgett line Silver Penciled Plymouth Rock pullets started laying at 26 weeks.

Maybe because mine were hatched in the summer then? Well the Barred started laying through the winter.. that shouldn't be an excuse

 

[Wynette]

Maybe because mine were hatched in the summer then? Well the Barred started laying through the winter.. that shouldn't be an excuse

IMO, it depends on a whole lot; when they were hatched, the conditions they were raised in, the feed they were/are being fed and then, of course, genetics. NOTHING lays in the winter in my area. Except for the production layers.

 

[Silver Rock]

 
Maybe because mine were hatched in the summer then? Well the Barred started laying through the winter.. that shouldn't be an excuse

IMO, it depends on a whole lot; when they were hatched, the conditions they were raised in, the feed they were/are being fed and then, of course, genetics.  NOTHING lays in the winter in my area.  Except for the production layers.

Well said Wynette

 

[aoxa]

IMO, it depends on a whole lot; when they were hatched, the conditions they were raised in, the feed they were/are being fed and then, of course, genetics. NOTHING lays in the winter in my area. Except for the production layers.

All my birds laid in the winter pretty much. They were all first years, and my barn is insulated and never gets very cold.

I only started adding light when I started hatching, and never 14 hours (only 10-12).

I just sold them. 8 seconds I had them listed on Facebook. I am going to stick with the Barreds. They are my true love.

Now I'll have extra room for the Black and Blue Marans I am taking on. Will have to let go of something else for my BBS Ameraucanas.

 

[racertomtom]

Here is the spare male I have. He is simply HUGE. All of those SPPR are. He is 9 months. Still can fill out more for sure. My SP are on range now. Not breeding them until fall when they mature some more.


This is the one I used. Picture taken a few months ago. I haven't got a recent picture of him, but they are comparable with the one I chose having a longer back.

Boy, I'd like to find stock like that.