Mansfield, IL
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Varieties
- Purpose
- dual
- Egg color
- brown
- Eggs / year
- ~220
- Hen weight
- ~7.5 lbs
- Cold hardy
- Yes
- Heat tolerant
- Yes
- Temperament
- docile, friendly, steady
- Forages
- good
- Broodiness
- moderate
- APA class
- American
- NPIP stock code
- R1047
- Origin
- United States
Breed guide
Plymouth Rock
Also known as: Barred Rock, White Rock, Partridge Rock, Rock
One of America's foundational dual-purpose breeds, first shown in 1849. The Barred variety is iconic. White Rocks underpin the broiler industry. They lay reliably on a meaty frame. Disposition is calm.
Keeper's notes
Handles cold and damp without complaint. Keepers in every region depend on it. In a deep freeze the single comb appreciates the usual petroleum jelly.
From the 1910 Standard of Perfection
Class: American
Standard weights: cock 9.5 lbs, hen 7.5 lbs, cockerel 8 lbs, pullet 6 lbs
“To one who is familiar with the extremes in fowls as regards length of the various sections, the Plymouth Rock will be recognized as medium, or rather long and rather deep in all sections.”
Disqualifications: Barred variety: positive white in ear-lobes; red in any part of plumage; two or more solid black primaries, secondaries or main tail feathers; shanks other than yellow, with due allowance for fading with age.
APA recognized varieties
American · American Standard of Perfection, 2010 list
Barred 1874White 1888Buff 1894Silver Penciled 1907Partridge 1909Columbian 1910Blue 1920
Plymouth Rock listings
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Where to find Plymouth Rock
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Regional breeders with this breed on file (123)
Trenton, IL
Clinton, IL
Chebanse, IL
Waterloo, IL
Crystal Lake, IL
Pekin, IL
Sterling, IL
Waterloo, IL
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Regional hatcheries that carry it (16)
Johnston City, IL
Dakota, IL
Kankakee, IL
Zeeland, MI
Ashland, OH
Ashland, OH
Polk, OH
Millersburg, OH
Millersburg, OH
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Sourced from NPIP state directories, matched by the stock codes each participant registers. A flock may keep breeds beyond what it registers, so this list runs conservative.
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