The Plymouth Rock Breeders thread

[Yard full o' rocks]

Let's call this one K2

- appears small to me (but age is unknown)
- back appears to run downhill (rainy day back)
- although back is longer than K1
- legs look to have decent yellow color
- much better wing carriage
- lacks tail
- decent barring

 

[Bennett farm]

His legs are a pinkish color.

 

[Yard full o' rocks]

Ok, we'll call this one P1 (pullet 1)

- decent yellow legs
- decent tail lift
- nice head
- wing carriage isnt too bad
- she lacks back
- barring is a little loose/smutty/not crisp
- lacks front end

 

[Yard full o' rocks]

Ok, we'll call her P2

- decent front end
- nice yellow legs
- nice length of back
- except for the couple solid black feathers, barring is pretty good
- head appears a bit small
- wing carriage a little low
- no lift to the tail

 

[AmazingChickens]

[/IMG]. These are my barred Plymouth rocks one is a bot the other is a girl but they don't like each other

 

[Yard full o' rocks]

I would like to breed show quality birds to standard . The man I got them from said they were from someone named bloom out of Florida.

Now....with all that said, if they were mine, based on the 4 birds you have, I would breed K1 to P2
He will help to maintain size, she should improve length of back....tails are a crap shoot, but I think this pairing would give you the best start from what you have

If K2 is young, then hang on to him and send us some pictures as he matures and perhaps he will grow into himself a bit
Hope this helps

 

[dickhorstman]

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[kwMississippi]

I have barred rocks from Guy Roy and Kraig Shafer. I have white rocks from Guy Roy. I have silver penciled rocks from Robert Murphy. I had some some Good Shepherd barreds, but they just have terrible tails.

 

[Bennett farm]

K2 is about 8 months old.

 

[Bennett farm]

P2 is 5 months