Chicken Profile #4

Plymouth Rock

The Plymouth Rock originated in New England in the 19th Century and was first recognized as a breed in the year 1869. They created the first Rock (Barred) by using breeds such as Dominique, Dorkings Cochins, etc. After that other colors and forms of the Plymouth Rock were created. It has been a great bird due to hardiness, egg laying, broodiness, and meat production. The first production meat chicken happened to be the Barred Rock. But now The White Rock is typically the female used to create Cornish X meat chickens.

We have two of these little chicks. They are black and fluffy and go peep, peep, peep. This is the second most popular breed on the backyard chickens breed ranking.

Photo and history courtesy of http://www.backyardchickens.com/