The Plymouth Rock Breeders thread

[Yard full o' rocks]

K2 is about 8 months old.

He may grow some more, but that rainy day back will likely not go away

 

[chickenlver2013]

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.

What are Shepard barred

 

[kwMississippi]

What are Shepard barred

They're barred rocks from Good Shepherd Poultry Ranch.

 

[Bennett farm]

Thank you very much for your input. I will use your advice and post updates and pics as I go. And thank you dickhorstman on the info on where to find the standards book.

 

[Yard full o' rocks]

Thank you very much for your input. I will use your advice and post updates and pics as I go. And thank you dickhorstman on the info on where to find the standards book.

Please keep in mind, others here may have differing opinions to mine!! I am certainly not the expert, but try to help. There are many others here with much more experience than I and perhaps a few of them will chime in with their opinions as well

"Start where you are with what you have"....

 

[Bennett farm]

Ok thank you.

 

[Fred's Hens]

APA website is amerpoultryassn.com $59 includes shipping. It is only available in hard cover. Paperbacks were a version of the 1998 edition and have been sold out for some time. A few spiral bound copies are available at $49 including shipping.

Dick, Very glad to see the lower priced spiral bound was done instead of the paperback. As a member, I fully support the APA's drive to get these books into the hands of people and their willingness to do what it takes to keep the price at a near loss leader level. Major kudos.

That said, the hard bound is fantastic.

 

[CoopDeDoo]

Thank you Yard full o' rocks for the info on culling. I would someday like to contribute by using selective and careful breeding for the Silver Penciled Plymouth Rock. My goal this year is to just use a critical eye on the birds that I am able to hatch. I will be watching this thread closely and I sure asking many more questions.

 

[dreamofglory]

I'm sitting here reading my 1938 standard. It says shape before size and in the the scale of point has a total of 4 points for weight or size. Now most shows I go to the biggest white wins. Breeders always talk about needing more size. But very few use will weigh birds as part of there selection program. And birds are not weighed at shows so there is absolutely no way a judge can fairly apply the standard weight to any birds big or small. Bigger is not necessarily better.

 

[Silver Rock]

Hi All, I am in my second year into breeding the Silver Penciled Plymouth Rocks as last year I got my start from two separate SPR breeders. I would like to share some breeding advice and my breeding plans for my Silver Penciled Plymouth Rocks. In my opinion to achieve the male/female color that is required by the Standard of Perfection in this variety one must breed on a "Double Mating System" as to have a cockerel breeding line & a pullet breeding line.
I have two lines of the Silver Penciled Plymouth Rocks in one line the pullets are much darker in penciling and base color. These pullets are in my opinion to dark but they are what I want in my cockerel breeding pen.
The other line I have the pullets are much lighter in penciling and base color and the cockerels in this line showed a great amount of penciling in their juvenile wing feathers and a little white mottling in the brest & fluff area. These cockerels are lighter in the breast area but what I want in my pullet breeding pen.
With the two lines I have showing the trademark signs of what one would be looking for in one a cockerel breeding line & the other a pullet breeding line I think it would be very unwise for me to cross the two lines "Horstman & Padgett" into each other.

Clayton