The Plymouth Rock Breeders thread

[Matt1616]

I don't know if all of you guys have heard of the Silver Gene in White Plymouth Rocks but it is a means that they have a silver base which makes them stay bright white even when exposed to the sun or if they are eating lots of corn. Some people call them "stay whites".
Here is a picture of one of our White Rock chicks where you can see the Silver Gene expressed heavily.

 

[SilverRockFarm]

Silver my brother lives on 200 acres outside of Waverley, TN. He built off the grid and now has chickens. Where in TN do you live?

I live in Lawrenceburg, TN. around 2 hours south of Waverley, TN.

 

[Beekissed]

I don't know if all of you guys have heard of the Silver Gene in White Plymouth Rocks but it is a means that they have a silver base which makes them stay bright white even when exposed to the sun or if they are eating lots of corn. Some people call them "stay whites".
Here is a picture of one of our White Rock chicks where you can see the Silver Gene expressed heavily.

I definitely had a silver blush on mine this past fall, Matt, but nothing like what is showing up on these chicks. That's amazing!

Here's two of mine and you can just barely see the silvering still....



This pic shows it a little better but still very faint compared to yours....what strains or lines are your chicks from?

 

[SilverRockFarm]

Thank you very much Beekissed for the nice words & I am looking forward to many years of breeding the Silver Penciled Plymouth Rocks to the best of my ability.

 

[cgmaster]

I have a trio of silver penciled bantams and the hens are broody and are sitting on a bunch of their own eggs.

 

[Beekissed]

I have a trio of silver penciled bantams and the hens are broody and are sitting on a bunch of their own eggs.

I love that! I'm hoping to induce my breeders to do the same after I take what I want for the incubator...I'll let eggs build up in their nest to see if it will induce broodiness. To me that is ideal that each mother raise her own chicks, not just eggs that have been selected for her by me. Don't know if it will work but it's worth trying.

 

[Yard full o' rocks]

I love that! I'm hoping to induce my breeders to do the same after I take what I want for the incubator...I'll let eggs build up in their nest to see if it will induce broodiness. To me that is ideal that each mother raise her own chicks, not just eggs that have been selected for her by me. Don't know if it will work but it's worth trying.

If you get one to go broody, take some from the incubator and put those under her.....that way, she'll raise the ones you wanted to hatch, and not just a random group of eggs

 

[Beekissed]

If you get one to go broody, take some from the incubator and put those under her.....that way, she'll raise the ones you wanted to hatch, and not just a random group of eggs

I did that this past fall and it worked out great...I only wish I could have put all of them under her at that time, as she had a better hatch and survival rate than I did. Already ahead of ya...I have two older hens that like to go broody, so will let eggs mount up in the coop during that time as well so I can use one or the other...or both, if they both respond.

 

[colburg]

I don't know if all of you guys have heard of the Silver Gene in White Plymouth Rocks but it is a means that they have a silver base which makes them stay bright white even when exposed to the sun or if they are eating lots of corn. Some people call them "stay whites".
Here is a picture of one of our White Rock chicks where you can see the Silver Gene expressed heavily.

So many questions I'm not sure where to start. Is the Silver gene part of the original WR's or is it something that was introduced later in order to create the "stay white" effect?

 

[SilverRockFarm]

Couple pictures of a February hatched pullet that I am looking forward to seeing grow out.